Steven Pressfield

Steven Pressfield was born in Trinidad while his father was stationed there in the Navy. He graduated from Duke University in 1965 and joined the Marine Corps in 1966. Before becoming a full-time writer, he held a variety of jobs, including teaching, truck driving, and working on an oil rig. He finally published his first book, The Legend of Bagger Vance, in 1995; it was made into a film in 2000. Other successful titles include Tides of War, a novel about the Peloponnesian War, and The War of Art, a nonfiction book on writing. He has also written a number of other screenplays which have been made into Hollywood films and has appeared as a commentator on the History Channel.