Don Keith

{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with Donald Keith, the pseudonym of authors Donald and Keith Monroe.}}

Don Keith (born December 12, 1947, in Springville, Alabama) is an American writer,{{cite web |title=Don Keith |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/231899/don-keith/ |website=Penguin Random House |access-date=12 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Don Keith |url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/donkeith/ |website=Macmillan |access-date=17 October 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Don Keith List of Books |url=https://www.booknotification.com/authors/don-keith/ |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=Book Notification|date=14 August 2021 }} best known for his books series Hunter Killer (2003–2023) co-authored with George Wallace, of which the novel Firing Point (2011) was adapted into the film Hunter Killer (2018).{{cite news |last1=Bowen |first1=Lizzie |title=Local Pelham author sells over 100,000 copies |url=https://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/2022/08/29/local-pelham-author-sells-over-100000-copies/ |access-date=12 October 2023 |work=Shelby County Reporter |date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |title='Firing Point' Authors Don Keith and George Wallace Talk About 'Hunter Killer' |url=https://www.military.com/video/off-duty/movies/firing-point-authors-don-keith-george-wallace-talk-hunter-killer/5853872360001 |access-date=12 October 2023 |work=Military.com |date=26 October 2018 |language=en}} He has also authored several biographies, young adult novels, and military history books.{{cite news |last1=Chambers |first1=Jesse |title=Alabama author celebrates brave sailors on WWII ship |url=https://www.al.com/entertainment/2015/04/post_305.html |access-date=12 October 2023 |work=Al.com |date=7 April 2015 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Undersea Warrior |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?302703-1/undersea-warrior# |access-date=12 October 2023 |work=C-SPAN |date=3 November 2011}}

Biography

Keith was born on December 12, 1947, in Springville, Alabama. In 1970, he was a graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in Broadcast and Film.{{cite journal |date=Autumn 2023 |title=Alumni notes |url=https://www.as.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Collegian2013.pdf |editor=The University of Alabama |journal=Collegian |volume=21 |issue=1 |page=34 |access-date=15 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Don Keith |url=https://metroairportnews.com/author/donkeith/ |access-date=12 October 2023 |work=Metropolitan Airport News}}

He has been an amateur radio operator since 1969{{cite web |title=Radio Broadcasting History, Radio People (K) |url=https://www.440int.com/namesk.html#_dkeith |website=www.440int.com |access-date=12 October 2023}} and he co-owned with Sherri Brice the radio station WZEW in Mobile, Alabama from 1983 to 1986.{{cite news |last=Oldshue |first=Lynn |title=92 ZEW is Celebrating 30 Years as The Sound of Mobile |url=http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/09/92_zew_is_celebrating_30_years.html |date=1 September 2014 |work=Press-Register |publisher=AL.com |accessdate=4 July 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=54767 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLH-19830323AI) |date=April 28, 1986 |access-date=July 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705203246/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=54767 |archive-date=July 5, 2015}}

Keith's first novel, The Forever Season (1995), received the Fiction of the Year award from the Alabama Library Association.{{cite news |last1=Blakely |first1=Will |title=Bestselling author Don Keith gives advice to writers on This Alabama… |url=https://1819news.com/news/item/bestselling-author-don-keith-gives-advice-to-writers-on-this-alabama-life |access-date=12 October 2023 |work=1819 News |date=7 February 2022}}

He and his wife, Charlene, live in Indian Springs Village, Alabama.

Works

= Novels =

Hunter Killer series (with George Wallace):

Final Bearing (2003), {{ISBN|9780765304155}}
Dangerous Grounds (2015), {{ISBN|9781518760501}}
Cuban Deep (2019), {{ISBN|9781951249229}}
Fast Attack (2019), {{ISBN|9781951249014}}
Arabian Storm (2020), {{ISBN|9781648759031}}
Warshot (2021), {{ISBN|9798507883295}}
Silent Running (2022), {{ISBN|9781648752148}}
Snapshot (2023), {{ASIN|B0B1F79QP1}}

The Ride series (as Jeffery Addison, with Edie Hand):

A Christmas Ride: Miracle of the Lights (2009), {{ISBN|9781933251684}}
The Soldier's Ride (2009), {{ISBN|9781933251677}}
The Last Christmas Ride: A Novella (2007), novella, {{ISBN|9781581826241}}

Stand-alones:

The Forever Season (1995), {{ISBN|0312146035}}
Wizard of the Wind (1997), {{ISBN|9780312147693}}
Firing Point, or Hunter Killer (2011), with George Wallace, {{ISBN|9780451237392}}
On the Road to Kingdom Come (2012), {{ISBN|9781481840330}}
The Spin (2012), {{ISBN|9781479109876}}

= Young adult novels =

Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing series (with Kent Wright):

White Lightning (1999), {{ISBN|0812575067}}
Road to Daytona (1999), {{ISBN|0812575075}}
Race To Glory (1999), {{ISBN|0812575083}}
On to Talladega (2000), {{ISBN|0812575091}}
Young Guns (2000), {{ISBN|0812545060}}
First to the Flag (2000), {{ISBN|0812545079}}
Inside Pass (2000), {{ISBN|0812545087}}
On the Throttle (2001), {{ISBN|0812545095}}

= Non-fiction =

;Biographies:

Bear The Legendary Life of Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant (2006), {{ISBN|9781581825626}}
The Ice Diaries: The Untold Story of the USS Nautilus and the Cold War's Most Daring Mission (2008), with William R. Anderson, {{ISBN|9780785227595}}
We Be Big: The Mostly True Story of How Two Kids from Calhoun County, Alabama, Became Rick & Bubba (2011), with Rick Burgess and Bill Bussey, {{ISBN|9781401604004}}
Mattie C.'s Boy: The Shelley Stewart Story (2013), {{ISBN|9781603063135}}
The Indestructible Man: The True Story of World War II Hero "Captain Dixie" (2015), with David Rocco, {{ISBN|9781548322595}}
Dream On: A Journey to Deliverance (2017), with Steve R. Skipper, {{ISBN|9781544212494}}
The Indestructible Man: The Incredible True Story of the Legendary Sailor the Japanese Couldn't Kill (2021), with David Rocco, {{ISBN|9780811739641}}
Chuck Yeager: World War II Fighter Pilot (2022), {{ISBN|9780593187272}}
Richard Bong: America's #1 Ace Fighter Pilot of World War II (2023), {{ISBN|9780593187296}}

;Guides:

Riding the Shortwaves: Exploring the Magic of Amateur Radio (2012), {{ISBN|9781478298519}}
Untold Millions: How You Can Capture and Save Eyewitness History (2012), {{ASIN|B00A1SYS5Y}}
Writing to be Published... and Read (2012), {{ISBN|9781370148226}}
Get on the Air... Now!: A practical, understandable guide to getting the most from Amateur Radio (2015), {{ISBN|9781514780893}}
The Amateur Radio Dictionary: The most complete glossary of Ham Radio terms ever compiled (2015), {{ISBN|9781514810040}}
Dial Dancing: Tales of the fascinating, fabulous, frequency-hopping, wavelength-walking, power punching, ionosphere-scorching, ditting and dahing, ... wide and wonderful world of amateur radio (2015), {{ISBN|9781548962685}}

;History:

Gallant Lady: A Biography of the USS Archerfish (2004), with Ken Henry, {{ISBN|0765305682}}
In the Course of Duty: The Heroic Mission of the USS Batfish (2005), {{ISBN|9780451216595}}
Final Patrol: True Stories of World War II Submarines (2006), {{ISBN|9781101232330}}
Once upon a Universe: Perspectives on Our Past (2006), {{ISBN|9780978065706}}
Bar Beneath the Waves: A True Story of Courage and Leadership Aboard a World War II Submarine (2010), {{ISBN|9780451229281}}
Undersea Warrior: The World War II Story of "Mush" Morton and the USS Wahoo (2011), {{ISBN|9780451234889}}
The Ship That Wouldn't Die: The Saga of the USS Neosho: A World War II Story of Courage and Survival at Sea (2015), {{ISBN|9780451470003}}
Only the Brave: July 1944 – The Epic Battle for Guam (2021), {{ISBN|9780593184592}}
Torpedo Run: The Story of WWII Submarine Hero Eugene B. Fluckey (2022), {{ISBN|9780593185971}}

;Society:

Understanding Sectoral Determination 6: The Private Security Sector, South Africa (2010), {{ISBN|9780702184918}}

Adaptations

Hunter Killer (2018), film directed by Donovan Marsh, based on novel Firing Point{{Cite web |date=August 2021 |title=George Wallace – Retired Navy Commander & National Best-Selling Author |url=https://veterancrowdnetwork.com/2021/08/george-wallace-retired-navy-commander-national-best-selling-author/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=VeteranCrowd}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2018/10/26/us-navy-vet-george-wallace-wrote-book-inspired-movie-hunter-killer.html|title=US Navy Vet George Wallace Wrote the Book That Inspired the Movie 'Hunter Killer'|first=James|last=Barber|date=2018-10-26|access-date=2023-07-25|website=Military.com}}