James Dodson (author)
James Dodson (born 1953) is an American writer.
James (Jim) Dodson is currently a Writer-in-Residence for The Pilot (Moore County) newspaper, an editor of the PineStraw Magazine in Southern Pines, North Carolina, and an editor of the arts and culture magazine of the Carolina Sandhills. He also serves as Founding Editor of O.Henry Magazine, the arts and culture sister publication in Greensboro, North Carolina, Dodson's hometown, and Salt Magazine in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Dodson is a Distinguished Alumni of East Carolina University, and his weekly Sunday essay for The Pilot has won numerous awards from the North Carolina Press Association. Over the course of a 30-year golf writing career, his work has earned many notable awards from the Golf Writers of America and other industry organizations. For two decades, he was a Contributing Editor and regular columnist for Golf Magazine, and Golf and Travel Correspondent for Departures Magazine of American Express. He also served as a Distinguished Charles Rubin Writer-in-Residence at Hollins University in Virginia.
Dodson's journalism awards include the a William Allen White Foundation Award for Journalistic Merit, plus numerous newspaper and magazine industry awards. His work has appeared in over 50 magazines and newspapers worldwide. He is also a member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and the official historian of Seminole Golf Club.
Bibliography
- Final Rounds (1996)
- Faithful Travelers
- The Dewsweepers
- Beautiful Madness (2006)
- The Road to Somewhere: Travels with a Young Boy Through an Old World
- A Golfer's Life (with Arnold Palmer)
- Ben Hogan: An American Life (2004), Doubleday, New York, ISBN 0-385-50312-1
- A Son of the Game (2009)
- American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and the Age of Modern Golf (2012)
- The Story of Seminole
Awards
The Herbert Warren Wind/USGA International Book Award for 2004 (for Ben Hogan - An American Life) "Top Golf Book of the Year" by the International Network of Golf (for Final Rounds and Son of the Game) The USGA Herbert Warren Wind Award for 2012 (for American Triumvirate) Donald Ross Award Member, Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Television
In 2008, Dodson was a featured commentator in the award-winning HBO documentary "Back Nine at Cherry Hills.” American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and the Age of Modern Golf was selected as one of the top 100 Books of 2012 by the New York Times and inspired a documentary of the same name on the Golf Channel, with a script by Dodson.
Personal Life
Dodson is currently at work on a project for Simon and Schuster with a projected publication date in mid 2015. He and his wife, Wendy, divide their time between Southern Pines and Greensboro, North Carolina.