Kent Anderson (novelist)
Kent Anderson | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 20, 1945 |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | Sympathy for the Devil. Doubleday. 1987. ISBN 9780385239431
Night Dogs. Dennis McMillan Publications. 1996. ISBN 9780553107647 Liquor, Guns & Ammo. Dennis McMillan Publications. 1998. ISBN 9780939767298 |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1968–1970 |
| Unit | 5th Special Forces Group (United States) |
| Battles / wars | Vietnam war |
Kent Anderson (born August 20, 1945) is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, former police officer and former university professor born in 1945 in North Carolina. He has written novels, various articles and scenarios.
Life
Kent Anderson grew up in North Carolina. At age 19 he joined the Merchant navy as an Ordinary seaman for two years.[1] In 1968 he enlisted in the US army and successfully applied and tested for the Special Forces. He was then assigned to Special Forces camp A-101 Mai Loc[2] from 1969 to 1970. He earned two Bronze Star medals for his service in South Vietnam[1]
After his service in Vietnam, he worked as a police officer in Portland, Oregon from 1972 to 1976.[1] Kent Anderson then joined the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University of Montana where he obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction in 1978.[3] He worked again as a police officer in Oakland, California in 1983 before resigning to write his first novel, Sympathy for the Devil, about a young Special Forces soldier in the Vietnam War.[1] He then worked as an assistant professor of English at UTEP in El Paso, Texas and at BSU in Boise, Idaho.[1]
Kent Anderson also worked as a screenwriter for Newline cinema, for which he wrote the scenario of Motorcycle Gang directed by John Milius.[4] In 1996, Kent Anderson published his second novel, Night Dogs, where the protagonist of his first book joins the Portland Police Bureau as a police officer in the late 70's. This book was selected by the New York Times in the Notable books of the Year in 1998.[5]
Currently, Kent Anderson lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he continues to write.[1]
Works
- Sympathy for the Devil. Doubleday. 1987. ISBN 9780385239431
- Night Dogs. Dennis McMillan Publications. 1996. ISBN 9780553107647
- Liquor, Guns & Ammo. Dennis McMillan Publications. 1998. ISBN 9780939767298
- Green Sun. Mulholland Books. 2018. ISBN 9780316466806
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Kent Anderson". Philip G. Spitzer Literary Agency. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ "A-101 (Khe Sanh/Lang Vei/Mai Loc)". www.specialforcesbooks.com. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ Kent, Anderson, Calvin (January 1, 1978). Sympathy for the devil| A novel (Thesis). University of Montana.
{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Milius, John (August 5, 1994), Motorcycle Gang, retrieved November 28, 2016
- ^ "Notable Books of 1998". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
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- 1945 births
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War
- American male novelists
- American male screenwriters
- Members of the United States Army Special Forces
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro alumni
- University of Montana alumni
- Portland Police Bureau officers
- University of Texas at El Paso faculty
- Living people
- United States Army soldiers
- Novelists from Texas
- United States Merchant Mariners