Stephen Hunter

Stephen Hunter, born in 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American author and film critic. He received the Pulitzer Prize for his film criticism. In the early 1990s, he began a thriller series centered on the history of the Swagger family. The first novel, “Point of Impact,” features former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger, who is drawn into a conspiracy. The novel was adapted into the 2007 film “Shooter,” starring Mark Wahlberg, and a television series followed in 2016.