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Wheneveryouheartheskyrumble,thatusuallymeansastorm.InVirgilFlowers’case,makethattwo.Theexceptionalnewthrillerfromthewriterwhosebooksare“purereadingpleasure”(Booklist)Thefirststormcomesfrom,ofallplaces,theMinnesota
作者简介
JohnSandfordwasbornJohnCamponFebruary23,1944,inCedarRapids,Iowa.HeattendedthepublicschoolsinCedarRapids,graduatingfromWashingtonHighSchoolin1962.HethenspentfouryearsattheUniversityofIowa,graduatingwithabachelor'sdegreeinAmericanStudiesin1966.In1966,hemarriedSusanLeeJonesofCedarRapids,afellowstudentattheUniversityofIowa.HewasintheU.S.Armyfrom1966-68,workedasareporterfortheCapeGirardeauSoutheastMissourianfrom1968-1970,andwentbacktotheUniversityofIowafrom1970-1971,wherehereceivedamaster'sdegreeinjournalism.HewasareporterforTheMiamiHeraldfrom1971-78,andthenareporterfortheSt.PaulPioneer-Pressfrom1978-1990;in1980,hewasafinalistforaPulitzerPrize,andhewonthePulitzerin1986foraseriesofstoriesaboutamidwesternfarmcrisis.From1990tothepresenthehaswrittenthrillernovels.He'salsotheauthoroftwonon-fictionbooks,oneonplasticsurgeryandoneonart.HeistheprincipalfinancialbackerofamajorarcheologicalprojectintheJordanValleyofIsrael,withawebsiteatwww.rehov.orgInadditiontoarchaeology,heisdeeplyinterestedinart(painting)andphotography.Hebothhuntsandfishes.Hehastwochildren,RoswellandEmily,andonegrandson,Benjamin.Hiswife,Susan,diedofmetastasizedbreastcancerinMay,2007,andisgreatlymissed.
