John Sandford

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in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The United States

February 23, 1944

gender

male

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http://www.johnsandford.org/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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John Sandford was born John Camp on February 23, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended the public schools in Cedar Rapids, graduating from Washington High School in 1962. He then spent four years at the University of Iowa, graduating with a bachelor's degree in American Studies in 1966. In 1966, he married Susan Lee Jones of Cedar Rapids, a fellow student at the University of Iowa. He was in the U.S. 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. He was a reporter for The Miami Herald from 1971-78, and then a reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer-Press from 1978-1990; in 1980, he was...more

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John Sandford's Books

Average rating: 4.07 · 217,591 ratings · 9,912 reviews · 103 distinct works · Similar authors

	Rules Of Prey (Lucas Davenport, #1) 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 22,855 ratings — published 1989 — 27 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winter Prey (Lucas Davenport, #5) 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 14,062 ratings — published 1993 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buried Prey (Lucas Davenport, #21) 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 11,318 ratings — published 2011 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chosen Prey (Lucas Davenport, #12) 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 8,806 ratings — published 2001 — 31 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport, #9) 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 8,212 ratings — published 1998 — 22 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eyes Of Prey (Lucas Davenport, #3) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8,004 ratings — published 1991 — 27 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Blood (Virgil Flowers, #4) 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7,770 ratings — published 2010 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silent Prey (Lucas Davenport, #4) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 7,369 ratings — published 1992 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow Prey (Lucas Davenport, #2) 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 7,482 ratings — published 1990 — 25 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Of The Moon (Virgil Flowers, #1) 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 7,350 ratings — published 2004 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I'm so horny the crack of dawn isn't safe.”
― John Sandford, Bad Blood

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“Oh yeah, I heard you got born again.' she said. 'Which you needed since they fucked up the first time.”
― John Sandford, Rough Country

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“Gonna rain like a cow pissin' on a flat rock" [drugstore clerk to detective Virgil Flowers]
Dark of the Moon, p.7”
― John Sandford

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