Trivia

His first job when he moved to New York City was as a $150-a-week copy writer for Benton & Bowles. One day while rewriting the just-add-water text for the back label of Gravy Train dog food he asked himself, 'Shouldn't I be doing something a little more worthwhile?' He decided to quit and write a novel.

His novel The Leggend of Bagger Vance is based on the ancient Hindu text the Bhagavad Gita ("The Song of God"). In that story the Indian warrior Arjuna, loses his confidence on the battlefield and is counseled by Krishna.

Has written 34 screenplays, six of which have been filmed [as of 2007].

In September 2003, the city of Sparta (Greece) made him an honorary citizen.

Currently working on his next novel, which is set in North Africa during World War II. (2007)

Graduated from Duke University in 1965, joined the Marine Corps where he was an 0311 Rifleman in the Reserves till 1971.

In 2003 Pressfield's novels Gates of Fire, Tides of War, and Last of the Amazons were respectively #1, #5, and #8 on the best-seller list in Greece.

The August 22, 1989 draft of the screenplay for Total Recall (1990) credits revisions to Steven Pressfield. He is not credited in the final film.

Graduated from Pleasantville High School in New Jersey in 1961.

The February 17, 1989 draft of the screenplay for Hard to Kill (1990) credits Steven Pressfield & Ronald Shusett & Steven Seagal as writers. Pressfield & Shusett are not credited in the final film and Seagal only received an acting credit.