He was a reporter for The Miami Herald from 1971-78, and then a reporter for the St. Army from 1966-68, worked as a reporter for the Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian from 1968-1970, and went back to the University of Iowa from 1970-1971, where he received a master's degree in journalism. In 1966, he married Susan Lee Jones of Cedar Rapids, a fellow student at the University of Iowa.
He then spent four years at the University of Iowa, graduating with a bachelor's degree in American Studies in 1966. He attended the public schools in Cedar Rapids, graduating from Washington High School in 1962. John Sandford was born John Roswell Camp on February 23, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ‘ Perfect entertainment’ Kirkus Reviews on Escape Clause ‘An outstanding novel’ Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Escape Clause ‘Add a gripping storyline, a generous helping of exquisitely conceived characters and laugh-out-loud humor that produce explosive guffaws, not muted chuckles, and you’re in for the usual late-night, don’t-even-think-of-stopping treat when Flowers hits town’ Richmond Times-Dispatch on Deep Freeze One of the very best novels in a superior series’ Booklist (starred review) on Deep Freeze Virgil understands that, in small towns, no one ever outgrows high school. ‘A knowing portrait of small-town life layered into a very well plotted mystery. ‘Along the way to the satisfying ending, Virgil displays the rough humor and rough justice that make him such an appealing character’ Publishers Weekly on Deep Freeze * * * Praise for John Sandford and the Virgil Flower novels * * * It’s true what they say: High school is murder. In the process, one thing becomes increasingly clear to him. There’s a possibility that it might be connected to a high school class of twenty years ago that has a mid-winter reunion coming up, and so, wrapping his coat a little tighter, Virgil begins to dig into twenty years’ worth of traumas, feuds, and bad blood. A few years back, he investigated the corrupt – and as it turned out, homicidal – local school board, and now the town’s back in view with more alarming news: A woman’s been found dead, frozen in a block of ice. Virgil knows the town of Trippton, Minnesota, a little too well. Good, bad and – as Virgil Flowers is about to find out – deadly. The tenth Virgil Flowers novel by internationally bestselling author John SandfordĬlass reunions: a time for memories. **Don't miss John Sandford's brand-new thriller Ocean Prey – out now**
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