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1964 Charles Gaines Hometown: <strong>Birmingham</strong> BA, English, Phi Beta Kappa, 1964; MFA, Writing, University of Iowa, 1967 WRITER, INVENTOR OF PAINTBALL HALL OF FAME HIGHLIGHTS • 1972 novel Stay Hungry was basis for 1975 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sally Field, set and filmed in <strong>Birmingham</strong> • Two Emmys for TV writing • Using dye-pellet guns, devised a game that became paintball; co-founded company that standardized rules of the game and sold the first equipment • BSC Distinguished <strong>Alumni</strong> Award, 2005 • Alabama Writers Hall of Fame, 2018 • Alabama Writers Form Truman Capote Award, 2020