Steven Pressfield

Steven Pressfield

Steven Pressfield is the author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, Tides of War, Last of the Amazons, Virtues of War, The Afghan Campaign, Killing Rommel, The Profession, The Lion's Gate, The War of Art, Turning Pro, Do the Work, The Warrior Ethos, The Authentic Swing, An American Jew, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, and The Knowledge.

His debut novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was adapted for screen. A film of the same title was released in 2000, directed by Robert Redford and starring Matt Damon, Will Smith and Charlize Theron.

His father was in the Navy, and he was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1943. Since graduating from Duke University in 1965, he has been a U.S. Marine, an advertising copywriter, schoolteacher, tractor-trailer driver, bartender, oilfield roustabout, attendant in a mental hospital and screenwriter.

His struggles to earn a living as a writer (it took seventeen years to get the first paycheck) are detailed in The War of Art, Turning Pro, The Authentic Swing, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, and The Knowledge.

There's a recurring character in his books, named Telamon, a mercenary of ancient days. Telamon doesn't say much. He rarely gets hurt or wounded. And he never seems to age. His view of the profession of arms is a lot like Pressfield's conception of art and the artist:

"It is one thing to study war, and another to live the warrior's life."

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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Jan 11, 2012
by Steven Pressfield and Shawn Coyne
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Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
Sep 27, 2005
by Steven Pressfield
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The Profession
Jun 14, 2011
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May 31, 2012
by Steven Pressfield and Shawn Coyne
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Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way
Mar 13, 2015
by Steven Pressfield and Seth Godin
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The Warrior Ethos
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The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War
May 26, 2015
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Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It
Jun 11, 2016
by Steven Pressfield and Shawn Coyne
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The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great
Sep 27, 2005
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The Afghan Campaign: A Novel
Jun 5, 2007
by Steven Pressfield
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The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life
Jun 1, 1996
by Steven Pressfield
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Tides of War
Aug 28, 2001
by Steven Pressfield
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