Winston Groom was raised in Mobile, Alabama where he attended
University Military School (now UMS-Wright Preparatory School). His
earliest ambition was to become a lawyer but instead, chose to become a
author. Groom attended the University of Alabama, was a member of Delta
Tau Delta Fraternity and the Army ROTC, graduating in 1965. He served
in the Army from 1965 to 1969, including a tour of duty in the Vietnam
War.
Later he worked as a reporter for the Washington Star covering police
and courtroom activities. Groom retired as a journalist at age 32, and
wrote several novels. In 1985, Groom moved back to Mobile, where he
began work on the novel Forrest Gump, published in 1986 but not making
best-seller status until adaptation into this film. Then it eventually
sold 1.7 million copies worldwide.
Groom devotes his time to writing history books about American wars. He
has lived most recently in Point Clear, Alabama, on Mobile Bay, and
Long Island, New York with his wife, Anne-Clinton and daughter,
Carolina.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Brian Daly, condensed from Wikipedia