Don Winslow is an American author a "startling bid for attention."He has written the screenplays for Savages, Satori and other adaptations of his novels with screenwriter/producer Shane Salerno.Winslow was born in New York City on Halloween night 1953, but grew up in Perryville, a beach town near the village of Matunuck, Rhode Island. He credits his parents for preparing him to become a writer: his mother was a librarian, and his father was a non-commissioned officer in the United States Navy who told stories and invited Navy friends around who told more. They inspired Winslow to become a storyteller himself. He majored in African History at the University of Nebraska. Wikipedia