Editing Gene Hackman (section)

== Other work ==
[[File:GeneHackmanJun2108.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|Hackman at a book signing in 2008]]
Together with [[Underwater archaeology|undersea archaeologist]] Daniel Lenihan, Hackman wrote three historical fiction novels: ''Wake of the Perdido Star'' (1999),<ref>{{cite web |title=Hackman's, Bergen's talents shine on film, in books |url=https://bouldercityreview.com/opinion/hackmans-bergens-talents-shine-on-film-in-books/ |newspaper=Bouldercityreview |first=Tanya |last=Vece |date=January 31, 2018 |access-date=September 16, 2018 |archive-date=September 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916060020/https://bouldercityreview.com/opinion/hackmans-bergens-talents-shine-on-film-in-books/ |url-status=live}}</ref> a sea adventure of the 19th century; ''Justice for None'' (2004),<ref>{{cite web |title=Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima': Gene Hackman narrates |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/tv/tv-guy/os-unknown-flag-raiser-of-iwo-jima-gene-hackman-narrates-20160702-story.html |website=Orlando Sentinel |date=July 2, 2016 |access-date=September 16, 2018 |last1=Boedeker |first1=Hal |archive-date=June 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602131841/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/tv/tv-guy/os-unknown-flag-raiser-of-iwo-jima-gene-hackman-narrates-20160702-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> a [[Depression-era]] tale of murder based on a real-life crime in his boyhood town of Danville;<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Caro |first1=Mark |last2=Reports |first2=Staff |date=June 6, 2004 |title=It's murder he wrote as Gene Hackman returns to Danville |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/06/06/its-murder-he-wrote-as-gene-hackman-returns-to-danville/ |access-date=February 27, 2025 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US |archive-date=February 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227153941/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/06/06/its-murder-he-wrote-as-gene-hackman-returns-to-danville/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Escape from Andersonville'' (2008), about a prison escape during the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Just a Minute With: Gene Hackman on his retirement |url=https://in.reuters.com/article/us-books-hackman/just-a-minute-with-gene-hackman-on-his-retirement-idINN0429553020080605 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214050637/https://in.reuters.com/article/us-books-hackman/just-a-minute-with-gene-hackman-on-his-retirement-idINN0429553020080605 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 14, 2017 |last=Blair |first=Ian |date=June 5, 2008 |access-date=July 19, 2018 |work=[[Reuters]] |editor-first=Bob |editor-last=Tourtellotte |editor2-first=Patricia |editor2-last=Reaney}}</ref> His first solo effort, a story of love and revenge set in the Old West titled ''Payback at Morning Peak'', was released in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/payback-at-morning-peak-actor-gene-hackman-revisits-the-west-8212-as-a-writer/ |title='Payback at Morning Peak': Actor Gene Hackman revisits the West – as a writer |date=July 30, 2011 |access-date=August 3, 2018 |first=Douglass K. |last=Daniel |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref> His final novel, ''Pursuit'', a police thriller, followed in 2013.<ref>{{cite book |title=Amazon.com: Pursuit: 9781451623574 |isbn=1451623577}}</ref>

After retiring from acting, Hackman narrated four episodes of the [[NFL Films]] sports documentary series ''[[America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions]]'' in 2007.<ref name="IMDB"/> He later narrated two documentaries related to the [[United States Marine Corps]]: ''The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima'' (2016)''<ref>Smithsonian Channel.com: {{Citation|title=Sneak Peek: The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima|url=https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/videos/sneak-peek-the-unknown-flag-raiser-of-iwo-jima/49911|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913031424/https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/videos/sneak-peek-the-unknown-flag-raiser-of-iwo-jima/49911|language=en|access-date=October 31, 2018|archive-date=September 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>'' and ''We, the Marines'' (2017)''.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barber|first=James|date=December 20, 2018|title='Marine for Life' Gene Hackman Narrates the Story of the USMC|url=https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2018/12/20/marine-life-gene-hackman-narrates-story-usmc.html|access-date=April 19, 2021|website=Military.com|language=en}}</ref>