Charles Portis — American Author born on December 28, 1933,

Charles McColl Portis is an American author best known for his novels Norwood and the classic Western novel True Grit, both adapted as films. The latter also inspired a film sequel and a made-for-TV movie sequel. A newer film adaptation of True Grit was released in 2010... (wikipedia)

I didn't care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span.
A reporter from 'The Times' wanted to arm-wrestle, and as I recall, he kept challenging me. So we went at it, and there was a pop. His arm broke. Very strange. He went into a kind of swoon.