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ⓘ About Alan Shipnuck
Alan Shipnuck is a published American author and sportswriter, known for specializing in golf. He also is a content creator and a partner for the Fire Pit Collective. He has also been a senior writer at Golf Magazine and Sports Illustrated. He grew up in Salinas, California. His father was an economics professor and his mother served on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors. Sports was a large part of his life growing up, as he read about sports and grew up playing sports. He put these passions together by editing the junior high newspaper and the high school yearbook, also working as a cart boy at the golf in the summer. He started out in journalism while answering an ad in the paper that wanted sports writers, a junior in high school at the time.
All Book Series by Alan Shipnuck
The Swinger
Single-title series · published 2011 Co-authored · Michael Bamberger
The Best Is Yet to Come*
Book 4 of 8 · published 2018 Co-authored · Harriet Diamond
Like A River To The Sea
Book 6 of 8 · published 2022 Co-authored · Jack Grandcolas
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Alan Shipnuck?
Alan Shipnuck is a published American author and sportswriter, known for specializing in golf. He also is a content creator and a partner for the Fire Pit Collective. He has also been a senior writer at Golf Magazine and Sports Illustrated.
Which Alan Shipnuck series should I start with?
Alan Shipnuck's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The Swinger (2011).
How many books has Alan Shipnuck written?
Alan Shipnuck has 9 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2001 and 2026. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Non-Fiction and Standalone Novels.
In what order should Alan Shipnuck's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 9 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Alan Shipnuck's books organised into series?
This guide splits Alan Shipnuck's 9 books into categories rather than numbered series: Non-Fiction (8 books); Standalone Novels (1 book).