Dan Jenkins was an award-winning sportswriter and best-selling novelist whose career spanned seven decades. He was the author of twenty-five books-thirteen novels and twelve works of nonfiction. After fifteen years writing for newspapers in Fort Worth and Dallas, Jenkins became nationally known for his stories in Sports Illustrated over a period of twenty-five years, for his stints as a sports columnist for Playboy, and for his essays, features, and tweets for Golf Digest.
