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Don Keith is an American author from Alabama whose specialty is World War II history. He has published over thirty books about a wide variety of subjects, including college football, the civil rights movement, and stock car racing.

Don has lived in the South all his life and is a graduate of the University of Alabama. Before becoming an author, he worked as a broadcast journalist for 22 years, winning awards from the Associated Press and United Press International for his news writing and his reporting. Don Keith was the first winner of Troy University's Hector Award for innovation in broadcast journalism. As an on-the-air broadcaster, he was twice named Billboard Magazine"Radio Personality of the Year." His first novel, “The Forever Season,” received the Alabama Library Association's Fiction of the Year award. He has since published more than thirty books, fiction and non-fiction, including the nationally best-selling thriller “Final Bearing,” a thriller about nuclear submarine warfare. Don Keith’s other books about submarine warfare include “Dangerous Grounds,” and “Firing Point.”

Don Keith’s other works include “Bear: The Life and Times of Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant,” a series of vignettes about Alabama’s iconic football coach, and "Mattie C.'s Boy," a biopic of fellow radio personality Shelley Stewart. Stewart was a young man from Alabama who helped Dr. Martin Luther King with the historic Children’s March through the streets of Birmingham. Don Keith’s writing has been featured in The Washington Post, CQ Magazine, The American Legion Magazine, The K9YA Telegraph, and The Irish Times.

Don has written extensively about World War II history. He sponsors the Untold Million Project, which seeks to capture and publish eyewitness accounts of major historical events such as the Great Depression, World War II and other wars, the space program, the Civil Rights struggle, and more. The project web site is www.untoldmillions.net.

Don lives in Indian Springs Village, Alabama, with his wife, Charlene. He occasionally teaches writers’ workshops and presents classes for aspiring authors.