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One of America’s best-known automotive journalists is Patrick Foster, a dedicated historian/author who has been writing about cars and trucks for more than thirty years. Foster is a feature writer and has regular columns in Hemmings Classic Car and Old Cars magazines and is a feature writer for Collectible Automobile and Crankshaft magazines as well. He has written 34 books and contributed material to several others. He’s also written well over 800 magazine articles.

Foster has won numerous writing awards including the AACA’s prestigious Thomas McKean Memorial Cup Award for the best book of automotive history for 1998. In 1997 one of his works was named Outstanding Periodical Article for the year by the Society of Automotive Historians. In 2011 Foster was honored with the Lee Iacocca Award, one of the most coveted awards in the car hobby, for excellence in automotive writing. The 2015 International Automotive Media Council (IAMC) Awards saw him bring home a Silver Medal for an article on the 1930-1934 Nash automobiles, and a Bronze Medal for his book “Jeep- The History of America’s Greatest Vehicle”. In 2016 Foster took home two awards from the IAMC event when “International Harvester Trucks- The Complete History” won a Silver medal and an article on George Romney was award a Bronze. In 2017 Foster was awarded the trophy for Best Book of Automotive History for the year, for his “Airstream-America’s World Traveler”. That book was also awarded a Gold Medal in its category. His book “Willys-Overland Illustrated History” also took home a Gold Medal.

Foster has also appeared in several documentary films and made numerous television and radio appearances. Currently he’s part of a small team working on a five-part history of American Motors for Public Television. Born in Burlington, Vermont, Patrick Foster resides in Milford, Connecticut.