Stuart Woods

Stuart Woods (born Stuart Chevalier Lee) was an American novelist best known for his debut novel Chiefs, which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1981, and his long-running Stone Barrington mystery series. A Georgia native, he graduated from the University of Georgia with a BA in sociology, worked in advertising in New York, London, and Ireland, and became an avid sailor and pilot before dedicating himself to writing over ninety novels. He passed away in 2022 at age 84.

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