Donald Alan Davis (born October 5, 1939) is an American writer, novelist and former war correspondent. He was a writer of military histories, military

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, and, along with Jack Coughlin, was co-author of the ''

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'' bestselling book, ''Shooter''.

Books

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Death Cruise
' (1996) *''The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space'', with

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(1999) *''Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper'', with Jack Coughlin (2005) *''Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor'' (2005) *''Stonewall Jackson: A Biography'', foreword by Wesley K. Clark (2007)

Kyle Swanson sniper series

In 2007, with

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, Coughlin and Davis began writing their military-thriller series featuring Marine protagonist Kyle Swanson. *''Kill Zone'' (2007) *''Dead Shot'' (2009) *''Clean Kill'' (2010) *''An Act of Treason'' (2011) *''Running the Maze'' (2012) *''Time to Kill'' (2013) *''On Scope'' (2014) *''Night of the Cobra'' (2015) *''Long Shot'' (2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Donald A. 1939 births Living people 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American novelists American military historians Place of birth missing (living people) Writers from Savannah, Georgia Historians from Georgia (U.S. state)