Winston Groom
American novelist and non-fiction writer
Born on: March 23, 1943Died on: September 17, 2020
Aged: 77 years 178 days (929 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: United states
Birth Sign: Aries
Winston Francis Groom Jr. was an American author. He is best known for his best-selling novel Forrest Gump (1986), which became a 1990s cultural phenomenon after being adapted as the film of the same name directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks.
After the film was released, gaining a high box office and winning numerous awards, Groom's novel sold more than one million copies worldwide.
Groom wrote a sequel, Gump & Co., published in 1995. His last novel was El Paso (2016).
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