Winston Groom

Winston Groom (born 1944) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer, best known for his book Forrest Gump, which was adapted into a film in 1994. Groom was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in Mobile, Alabama. He attended the University of Alabama, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta and the Army ROTC, and graduated in 1965. He served in the Army from 1965 to 1969, including a tour in Vietnam. Recently he has lived in Point Clear, Alabama, and Long Island, New York.

Works

Novels

• Better Times Than These (1978)
• As Summers Die (1980)
• Only (1984)
• Forrest Gump (1986)
• Gone the Sun (1988)
• Gump and Co. (1995)
• Such a Pretty, Pretty Girl (1999)

History

• Conversations with the Enemy (with Duncan Spencer) (1983)
• Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville: The Last Great Campaign of the Civil War (1995)
• The Crimson Tide: An Illustrated History of Football at the University of Alabama (2000)
• A Storm in Flanders: Triumph and Tragedy on the Western Front (2002)
• 1942: The Year that Tried Men's Souls (2005)
• Patriotic Fire: Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans (2006)

Whatever bitches!

Other

• GUMPisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump (1994)
• The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Cookbook: Recipes & Reflections from Forrest Gump (1994)