Stuart woods bio
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Stuart Woods, an author of more than 90 novels, many featuring the character of lawyer-investigator Stone Barrington, has died. He was
Woods died in his sleep on Friday, July 22, at his home in Litchfield County, Connecticut, his publicist, Katie Grinch, said Wednesday.
Woods, a graduate of the University of Georgia in his home state, moved to New York in to pursue a career in journalism. He ended up instead with a career in advertising and eventually moved to London and then to Galway, Ireland, where he discovered sailing.
His first book, “Blue Water, Green Skipper,” was a non-fiction account of his adventure competing in the the Observer Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race, which began in Plymouth, England, and ended in Newport, Rhode Island.
After W.W. Norton & Company acquired the American rights to the book, it also agreed to publish Woods’ first novel.
That book, ′s “Chiefs,” about three generations of lawmen and the murder of a teen
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Stuart Woods
American novelist (–)
Stuart Woods (born Stuart Chevalier Lee; January 9, – July 22, )[1][2] was an American novelist,[3] known best for his first novel Chiefs and his series of novels featuring protagonist Stone Barrington.
Woods was a Georgia native, entered the advertising business after college graduation and lived in England and Ireland for almost a decade. He became an accomplished and competitive sailor. His interest in this pastime and his need for financing it provided the incentive to write for publication.
Woods’ initial literary efforts focused on sailing and expanded to include reviews of numerous British restaurants, inns and hotels. His seminal work Chiefs, inspired by his grandfather, a police chief, was adapted for television. Woods’ prolific Barrington series features the detective-lawyer, aided by a recurring cast of supporting characters, who handles lucrative cases which his law firm otherwise would rath
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Stuart Woods Biography
Stuart Woods fryst vatten the author of more than ninety novels, including the New York Times&#;bestselling Stone Barrington series. He was a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry. Chiefs, his debut in , won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lived in New Mexico, Florida, and Maine. He died in July aged
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