Stephen Hunter (1) (1946–)
Author of Point of Impact
For other authors named Stephen Hunter, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Stephen Hunter was born on March 25, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University in 1968. He spent two years in the United States Army as a ceremonial soldier in Washington, D.C., and later wrote for a military paper, the Pentagon News. show more In 1971, he joined The Baltimore Sun as a copy editor and he became its film critic in 1982. He won the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award in the criticism category in 1998 and the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2003. He is the author of several books including The Master Sniper, The Second Saladin, Dirty White Boys, and Soft Target. He is also the author of the Bob Lee Swagger series and the Earl Swagger series. He has written non-fiction books including Violent Screen: A Critic's 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem, American Gunfight, and Now Playing at the Valencia. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Stephen Hunter
American Gunfight: The Plot to Kill President Truman--and the Shoot-out That Stopped It (2005) — Author — 163 copies
Violent Screen: A Critic's 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem (Expedition Series) (1995) 49 copies
A Bob Lee Swagger Boxed Set 2 copies
Associated Works
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (2009) — Contributor — 211 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Decider • The Sugar Pavilion • Point of Impact Blitzcat (1994) — Author — 12 copies
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