Pat Conroy is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on October 26, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. A prominent writer from an important genre of the American South, he is famous for his novels, including The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini (both of which were made into Hollywood films). The memoir of his 1972 teaching, The Water Is Wide could also be made into movie.
The novel he wrote, The Prince of Tides was adapted into a film in 1991 with His novel, The Prince of Tides, was adapted into a 1991 film starring Nick Nolte..
He got married to his third wife who is a writer with whom he has a close relationship, Cassandra King, in May 1997. Before that, he was wed with Barbara Bolling (1969-1977) and Lenore Gurewitz (1981-1995).
