Stephen Hunter

Novelist

Birthday March 25, 1946

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Kansas City, MO

Age 78 years old

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About

An American author of thriller novels, he is best known for his Bob Lee Swagger Series, which includes titles such as Point of Impact, Black Light, and Time to Hunt. Also an essayist and film critic, he received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

Before Fame

He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. After a brief stint with the Pentagon News, he joined the staff of the Baltimore Sun in the early 1970s.

Trivia

His non-fiction works include Violent Screen: A Critic's 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem (1995) and American Gunfight (2005).

Family Life

He was born in Missouri and grew up in Illinois as the son of a children's book author and a speech professor. He married a fellow journalist.

Associated With

His novel, Point of Impact, was adapted into the Mark Wahlberg film, Shooter.