
The sequel’s storyline keeps to the storyline of the movie, by having Jenny die
He also wrote a sequal to Forrest Gump called Gump & Co. The Forrest Gump phenonena was being such a huge success that Groom wrote Gumpsims: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump and Forrest Gump cookbooks. “Groom thought that the book would be an immediate success, but shockingly to family, friends, and him, the book was not the best-seller that they had all intended it to be.” When the book was first released it sold 40,000 copies, but after the movie realease it sold 1.7 million. Forrest Gump was published in 1986 however, it did not make Groom a best selling author until it was adapted into a film. (Similar to Forrest Gump who also served in the army)
Army, 1965-67: served in Vietnam, became captain. Attended the University of Alabama, A.B.