Winston Groom

20th-21st century

American novelist, author of the novel Forrest Gump (1986) and its sequel Gump and Co.

Connection to Taylor Swift

His novel Forrest Gump provides the philosophical framework Uncle Jerry applies to invisible string's meditation on fate versus happenstance, with the novel's central debate between predestination and accident mapping directly onto the song's question.

Notable Works

• Forrest Gump, Gump and Co.