John Sandford is the pseudonym of John Roswell Camp, who was born in 1944 and spent most of his formative years in his native Iowa. His service in the US Army first brought Camp to journalism. He has worked as a professional journalist since the late 1960s, earning a Pulitzer Prize in 1986, but his career as a novelist did not commence until after his 45th birthday. A truly prolific writer, he has written over 40 New York Times bestselling novels across three celebrated series: The Prey, the Kidd, and Virgil Flowers. He has also written non-fiction books and co-authored the Singular Menace young adult series.