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James Walter Dodson
Birthdate: 2/2/53
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, East Carolina University, 1975.
Professional Career:
Greensboro News and Record, feature reporter, 1976-78.
The Atlanta-Journal-Constitution Sunday Magazine, Senior Writer, 1978-1983.
Atlanta Magazine, Contributing Editor, 1983-85.
Yankee Magazine, Senior Writer, 1984-92.
Golf Magazine, Contributing Editor, 1985-2003.
Departures Magazine, Contributing Editor, Golf Columnist, 1990-99.
Expedia Travels Magazine, Golf Editor, 2000-2001.
Author:
Final Rounds, 1996
Faithful Travelers, 1998
A Golfer's Life, 1999
The Dewsweepers, 2002
The Road to Somewhere, September 2003
Ben Hogan: An American Life, June 2004
Beautiful Madness, March 2006
Writing Awards
* Landmark Award for Journalism Excellence, 1976
*William Allen White Award, University School of Journalism, For
Public Affairs Writing, 1994
*Golf Writers of America Awards, Multiple Awards, 1994-2000
*International Network of Golf, Five Awards, 1996 - 2002
*"America's Top Non-Fiction" selection, Readers' Digest, 1998
*"Golf Book of the Year", International Network of Golf, 1996
*The Art of Golf Literary Prize, 2005
*Distinguished Alumni of the Year for 2003, East Carolina University
*Art of Golf Literary Prize, 2005
*USGA International Book-of-the Year Award, 2005
Professional Biography
James Dodson was an award-winning regular columnist for Golf Magazine for almost 20 years
and travel editor for Departures Magazine, American Express's flagship travel magazine, for a decade. A former
Senior Writer for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution Sunday Magazine and Yankee Magazine, his public affairs
and political writing has won numerous national awards including the William Allen White Award for Public Affairs Journalism
given by the University of Kansas. His non-golf work has appeared in Gentlemen's Quarterly, The New York Times,
Sports Illustrated, Travel and Leisure, Town and Country, Reader's Digest, Geo, Outside Magazine, and numerous
other national publications. In addition, he has won several Golf Writers of America Awards for columns in Golf
Magazine, for whom he has worked for almost two decades. His books, Final Rounds and Faithful
Travelers, were best sellers with Final Rounds selling 300,000 copies worldwide, in several
languages, since publication. Final Rounds, also received the International Network of Golf's industry
honors award for Best Golf Book of 1996. Final Rounds is currently in the process of being produced
as a feature film and Faithful Travelers has been produced as a television movie. Mr.
Dodson's book, A Golfer's Life - the autobiography of Arnold Palmer - was a New York Times bestseller.
His bestselling book, The Dewsweepers, was released in late 2001, followed by The Road to Somewhere
- Travels with a Young Boy through an Old World, in November 2003.
Ben Hogan: An American Life, the authorized biography of Ben Hogan, was released in
the summer of 2004, earning strong international acclaim.
His latest book, Beautiful Madness - One Man's Journey Through Other People's Gardens, was
published in March, 2006.
Mr. Dodson' current book, The Pinehurst Cure, is in the process of being published
by Algonquin Press.
Mr. Dodson, 55, a father of two, resides in Southern Pines, North Carolina and is currently Writer-in-Residence
at The Pilot Newspaper in Southern Pines. He also served as Artist-in-Residence at Hollins University in Roanoke,
Virginia, where he taught advanced writing.
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