Alabama Authors Directory

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Don Keith

Hometown: Indian Springs Village, AL Lives in: ,

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  • Email: Don@donkeith.com

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About Don Keith

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Film

Available for: Readings, Workshops, School Programs, In Person, Remote

Bio: Award-winning. best-selling author Don Keith is a graduate of the University of Alabama. As a broadcast journalist, he won awards from the Associated Press and United Press International and was the first winner of Troy University’s Hector Award for innovation in broadcast journalism. As a broadcaster, Don was twice named Billboard Magazine “Radio Personality of the Year.” His first novel, THE FOREVER SEASON, received the Alabama Library Association’s “Fiction of the Year” award. He has since …Read More published more than forty books, fiction and non-fiction, including several national best-sellers. One was the basis for the hit film HUNTER KILLER, starring Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman. Don was writer/producer of the documentary COLORS OF CHARACTER, based on his biography of acclaimed artist Steve Skipper, DREAM ON. He conducts seminars and writing workshops and is an in-demand public speaker. Don lives in Indian Springs Village, Alabama, with his wife, Charlene.

Works: Richard Bong Dutton June 2023
Snapshot Severn River May 2023
Chuck Yeager Dutton Dec. 2022
Silent Running Severn River May 2022
Torpedo Run Dutton April 2022
Only the Brave Dutton June 2021
Warshot Severn River May 2021
Colors …Read More of Character (film script) Oct. 2020
Arabian Storm Severn River June 2020
Cuban Deep Severn River April 2019
Fast Attack Severn River Nov. 2019
Hunter Killer Signet Oct. 2018
The Indestructible Man Erin Press July 2017
Dream On Erin Press May 2017
Dangerous Grounds Severn River Dec. 2015
The Ship That Wouldn’t Die NAL Caliber April 2015
Mattie C’s Boy New South Press April 2013
The Spin Erin Press April 2012
Undersea Warrior NAL Caliber Nov. 2011
War Beneath the Waves NAL Caliber April 2010
The Last Christmas Ride Cumberland House Sept. 2017
The Ice Diaries Thomas Nelson July 2008
Wizard of the Wind St. Martins Oct. 1996
The Forever Season St. Martins Sept. 1995

Awards:

Hector Award for Innovation in Broadcast Journalism, Troy University
Associated Press Newsleader Award
Bill Leonard Professional Media Award
Alabama Library Association Fiction of the Year Award

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