<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	<author id="77004">
  <name><![CDATA[Winston Groom]]></name>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77004.Winston_Groom]]></link>
  <fans-count type="integer">4</fans-count>
  <followers-count type="integer">1</followers-count>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1211219092p5/77004.jpg</image_url>
  <about><![CDATA[is an American novelist and non-fiction writer, best known for his book Forrest Gump, which was adapted into a film in 1994. Groom was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in Mobile, Alabama where he attended University Military School (now known as UMS-Wright Preparatory School). He attended the University of Alabama, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta and the Army ROTC, and graduated in 1965. He served in the Army from 1965 to 1969, including a tour in Vietnam. Recently he has lived in Point Clear, Alabama, and Long Island, New York.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Groom]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Washington D.C</hometown>  <born_at>01/01/1943</born_at>    
  
  
  <books>
        <book id="186190">
  <title><![CDATA[Forrest Gump]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Winston Groom]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77004.Winston_Groom]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.43</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1666</ratings_count>
  <published>1986</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="687688">
  <title><![CDATA[Gump &amp; Co.]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Winston Groom]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77004.Winston_Groom]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.27</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>287</ratings_count>
  <published>1995</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="186200">
  <title><![CDATA[A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Winston Groom]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77004.Winston_Groom]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>37</ratings_count>
  <published>2002</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="171206">
  <title><![CDATA[Gumpisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Winston Groom]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77004.Winston_Groom]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>39</ratings_count>
  <published>1994</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="186201">
  <title><![CDATA[Better Times Than These]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Winston Groom]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77004.Winston_Groom]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.57</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>28</ratings_count>
  <published>1978</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="6112965">
  <title><![CDATA[Vicksburg, 1863]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Winston Groom]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77004.Winston_Groom]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>4.04</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <published>2009</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="186197">
  <title><![CDATA[Patriotic Fire: Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Winston Groom]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77004.Winston_Groom]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.96</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <published>2006</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="2442411">
  <title><![CDATA[Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Winston Groom]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77004.Winston_Groom]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>4.07</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>15</ratings_count>
  <published>1995</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="565159">
  <title><![CDATA[1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Winston Groom]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77004.Winston_Groom]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.69</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>16</ratings_count>
  <published>2005</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="186196">
  <title><![CDATA[The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Cookbook: Recipes &amp; Reflections from Forrest Gump]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Winston Groom]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77004.Winston_Groom]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <published>1994</published>  
  
</book>
      </books>
</author>
</GoodreadsResponse>