Description:
Steven Pressfield was born in September 1943 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]. He is a writer, known for Above the Law (1988), The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) and Freejack (1992).
Birthday
June 17, 2025
Born In
Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]
Trivia
His first job when he moved to New York City was as a $150-a-week copy
writer for Benton & Bowles. One day while rewriting the just-add-water
text for the back label of Gravy Train dog food he asked himself,
'Shouldn't I be doing something a little more worthwhile?' He decided
to quit and write a novel.
Quotes
On reading manuscripts by unpublished writers: "If you want to send a
manuscript, send it to an agent. And send a letter first, asking
permission. Launch it into the real world of cold-blooded commercial
response, not into the fantasyland of wishful thinking, cowardice and
surrender to Resistance."
