Blood Will Tell

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Pocket Books, Jan 3, 1984 - Fiction

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Gary Cartwright was born in Dallas, Texas in 1934. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Army for a two-year stateside stint and then received a bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University. He began his career as a journalist in the mid-1950s covering the police and sports for newspapers in Fort Worth and Dallas. After publishing his first book, a novel called The Hundred Yard War, he became a freelance writer. He worked at Texas Monthly magazine from 1973 with the first issue until his retirement in 2010. He wrote several books including Confessions of a Washed-up Sportswriter and Heartwiseguy: How to Live the Good Life After a Heart Attack. He also wrote screenplays. He died after a fall on February 22, 2017 at the age of 82.

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