Steven Pressfield

At-a-Glance

Author of the 2002 nonfiction book "The War of Art," detailing struggles to make a living as an author.
Authored "The Legend of Bagger Vance" (1995), which was adapted into a 2000 film.
Wrote "Gates of Fire" (1998), a novel studied at U.S. military institutions.
Co-founded the publishing house Black Irish Books in 2012.
Graduated from Duke University in 1965.
Served as an infantryman in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1966.

Biography

Steven Pressfield is an American author of historical fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays. Born in 1943, he graduated from Duke University in 1965 and joined the U.S. Marine Corps as an infantryman in 1966.

Before achieving success as an author, Pressfield held various jobs including advertising copywriter, schoolteacher, and screenwriter, and experienced periods of homelessness. His 2002 nonfiction book, "The War of Art," details his personal struggles to establish a writing career.