Winston F. Groom (born March 23, 1943) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer, best known for his book Forrest Gump, which was adapted into a film in 1994.
Winston Groom was born in Washington, D.C., and was raised in Mobile, Alabama where he attended University Military School (now known as UMS-Wright Preparatory School). Groom's earliest ambition was to become a lawyer like his father, and instead chose to become a writer while a litera...
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Winston F. Groom (born March 23, 1943) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer, best known for his book Forrest Gump, which was adapted into a film in 1994.
Winston Groom was born in Washington, D.C., and was raised in Mobile, Alabama where he attended University Military School (now known as UMS-Wright Preparatory School). Groom's earliest ambition was to become a lawyer like his father, and instead chose to become a writer while a literary editor in college. Groom attended the University of Alabama, was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity and the Army ROTC, graduating in 1965. He served in the Army from 1965 to 1969, including a tour of duty in the Vietnam War.
Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked as a reporter for the Washington Star, a Washington D.C. newspaper covering police and courtroom activities. Groom retired as a journalist at age 32, and began writing his first novel Better Times Than These which was published in 1978. Better Times Than These was about a...
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