Don Winslow





Don Winslow

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October 31, 1953

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Don Winslow was born in New York City but raised in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. At various times an actor, director, movie theater manager, safari guide and private investigator, Don has done many things on his way to being a novelist.

His first novel, A Cool Breeze On The Underground, was nominated for an Edgar, and a later book, California Fire and Life, received the Shamus Award. The Death And Life Of Bobby Z will come out as a feature film in March of 2007, starring Paul Walker and Laurence Fishburne. His upcoming novel, The Winter Of Frankie Machine, has been purchased for Robert DeNiro to play the lead role.

Don lives on an old ranch in the San Diego area with his wife, Jean, and son, Thomas.

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Average rating: 3.92 · 16,557 ratings · 2,291 reviews · 29 distinct works · Similar authors
Savages (Savages, #1)
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 6,009 ratings — published 2010 — 35 editions
The Power of the Dog
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 2,200 ratings — published 2005 — 35 editions
The Kings of Cool: A Preque...
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,466 ratings — published 2012 — 17 editions
The Dawn Patrol (Boone Dani...
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 1,301 ratings — published 2008 — 25 editions
The Winter of Frankie Machine
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,378 ratings — published 2006 — 28 editions
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 825 ratings — published 1997 — 20 editions
Satori
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 804 ratings — published 2010 — 25 editions
California Fire and Life
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 741 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions
The Gentleman's Hour
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 637 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions
A Cool Breeze on the Underg...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 1991 — 15 editions
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“If you let people believe that you are weak, sooner or later you’re going to have to kill them.”
Don Winslow, Savages

“Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart.”
Don Winslow

“You don’t let them knock you out, you make them knock you out. You make them break their fucking hands knocking you out, you let them know that they’ve been in a fight, you give them something to remember you by every time they look in a mirror.”
Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog

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