Winston Groom
Winston Groom was an American author of both fiction and non-fiction. He is best known for his novel Forrest Gump , which was adapted to the Academy Award-winning film by Robert Zemeckis. Groom originally wanted to take after his father and become a lawyer, but ended up choosing to become a writer. He served in the U.S. Army in the ’60s and went to Vietnam. Upon his return, Winston worked as a journalist and then transitioned to being a novelist. Forrest Gump , his most famous work, sold 1.7 million copies worldwide.
