Apart from writing his other hobby includes hiking in which he treks for almost seven miles daily.

Don would use his storytelling ability to best present himself to the judges. His investigatory professional would lead him to travel to California most of the time due to the arson litigations. During his hiking in China, he was able to publish his first book which was in turn nominated for the Edgar Award.

Additionally he has gotten involved in hiking in Sichuan province located in China and as a safari rally driver in Africa, Kenya. He has ever worked as an administrator for several theaters in New York and as a personal detective in film theaters. He resides in California together with his spouse, Jean and a son, Thomas.īefore venturing in the writing career he had earlier on engaged in other types of occupations. He further pursued masters in military history. He pursued his high education in the University of Nebraska where he specialized in the African history. His mom was a librarian and his dad was an officer all of whom played a great role in nurturing Don towards reading books.

He was born in New York on 1953 to parents who were also fond of literature. Don has received several awards for his writing such as the Shamus Award for producing the most excellent P.I. He has been featured in the Undercover television program and written movies such as the Savages in which Oliver Stone is the director and Life of Bobby Z. Five of his books have a character called Neal who plays the roles of a detective. Don Winslow is a novelist from America whose writings are based on crime and investigations.

The Force by Don Winslow