He also goes by John Roswell Camp. Why does he go by a different name? This is because the dates of two novels named “The Fool’s Run” and “Rules of Prey” were so close together that they said it’s advisable not to debut and release two novels in that short of time. A pseudonym had to be used for one of his books since the other was sold under the John Camp name. Mr. Sandford has won several awards during his career one being the Pulitzer Price in 1986 and the other being the Distinguished Writing Award of Newspaper Editors in 1985.