Patrick R. Foster

Author PATRICK FOSTER

One of America's best-known automotive journalists is Patrick Foster, a dedicated historian/author who has been writing for more than thirty years. Foster is a feature writer and columnist for Hemmings Classic Car and Old Cars Weekly. He has written 35 books and contributed material to several others. He has also written more than 850 magazine articles.

Foster has won numerous writing awards beginning with the AACA's prestigious Thomas McKean Memorial Cup Award for the best book of automotive history for 1998. In 1997 one of his articles was named Outstanding Periodical Article for the year by the Society of Automotive Historians. In 2011 Foster was honored with the Lee Iacocca Award, the most coveted award 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 again 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.