Winston Groom

Winston Francis Groom, Jr. is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. He is known for writing Forrest Gump, which was adapted into the 1994 film Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film was considered a cultural phenomenon and won six Academy Awards. He published a sequel, Gump and Co., in 1995. He has also written numerous non-fiction works, on diverse subjects including the American Civil War and World War I.