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John Sandford is the pseudonym of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. Camp was born in 1944 and was raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He received his B.A. in American Studies from the University of Iowa, and received his first training as a journalist and reporter when he was in Korea for 15 months working for his base paper.
After the army, Camp spent 10 months working for the Cape Girardeau Se Missourian newspaper before returning to the University of Iowa for his Masters in Journalism. From 1971 to 1978, he worked as a general assignment reporter for the Miami Herald, covering killings and drug cases, among other beats, with his colleague, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edna Buchanan.
In 1978, Camp joined the St. Paul Pioneer Press as a feature reporter. He became a daily columnist at the newspaper in 1980. In the same year, he was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for an article he wrote on the Native American communities in Minnesota and North Dakota and their modern day social problems. In 1986, Camp won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for a series of articles on the farm crisis in the Midwest.
Camp has written fourteen books in the bestselling "Prey" series under the name John Sandford. The titles in this series, which features Lucas Davenport, include Rules of Prey, Shadow Prey, Eyes of Prey, Silent Prey, Winter Prey, Night Prey, Mind Prey, Sudden Prey, Secret Prey, Certain Prey, Easy Prey, Chosen Prey, Mortal Prey and the newest addition, Naked Prey. His official site is www.Johnsandford.org.
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Naked Prey
Lucas Davenport finds some changes-and some nasty surprises-in store, in the chilling new novel by the number-one-bestselling author.
In Naked Prey, John Sandford puts Lucas Davenport through some changes. His old boss, Rose Marie Roux, has moved up to the state level and taken Lucas with her, creating a special troubleshooter job for him for the cases that are too complicated or politically touchy for others to handle. In addition, Lucas is now married and a new father, both of which are fine with him: he doesn't mind being a family man. But he is a little worried. For every bit of peace you get, you have to pay-and he's waiting for the bill.
It comes in the form of two people found hanging from a tree in the woods of northern Minnesota. What makes it particularly sensitive is that the bodies are of a black man and a white woman, and they're naked. "Lynching" is the word that everybody's trying not to say-but, as Lucas begins to discover, in fact the murders are not what they appear to be, and they are not the end of the story. There is worse to come-much, much worse.
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John Sandford's Summer Reading List
Author's Note: Because I'm going to spend much of the summer on an archaeolgoical dig in
the Middle East (as I spend most of my summers), I'll be reading two non-fiction books related to the area:
Deus Lo Volt!
by Evan S. Connell
Connell is the author of what might be my favorite book, Son of the Morning Star, and I found this one well-thumbed in a used-book store (it's an oldie).
The Persian Expedition
by Xenophon
Which I read a long time ago, but which I want to revisit after reading a commentary on the credibility of the book.
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
by Simon Winchester
Because it concerns an event I've always been curious about.
Everglades
by Randy Wayne White
Because I'm a fan, and always read his books.
The Sinister Pig
by Tony Hillerman
Again, because I'm a fan. His non-fiction book Seldom Disappointed, another of my favorite books, should be read by anyone with an interest in America and World War II.
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