List of Western fiction authors
Encyclopedia
This is a list of some notable authors in the western fiction
genre.
Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres.
Western fiction
Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 1900s and Louis L'Amour from the mid 20th century...
genre.
Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres.
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- Todhunter BallardTodhunter BallardWillis Todhunter Ballard was a Cleveland, Ohio-born American author, known for his Westerns and mystery novels.-Pseudonyms:...
(1903–1980) - F. Eugene Barber (Fred Eugene Barber) (born 1931)
- S. Omar BarkerS. Omar BarkerS. Omar Barker , an oft-recited cowboy poet, was born in a log cabin in New Mexico where he lived his entire life as a rancher, teacher and writer...
(1894–1985) - Rex BeachRex BeachRex Ellingwood Beach was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.- Biography :...
(1877–1949) - Don BendellDon BendellDon Bendell, , is an American author of 26 books, including his brand new hardcover non-fiction book TRACKS OF HOPE . . .a Memoir and the popular new historical western novel STRONGHEART Don Bendell, (born January 8, 1947), is an American author of 26 books, including his brand new hardcover...
(born 1947) - Tom W. BlackburnTom W. BlackburnThomas Wakefield Blackburn II , was an American author, screenwriter and lyricist. His work included various Western novels and television screenplays, as well as the lyrics to "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" and other songs.-Biography:Born the eldest of six children on the T.O...
(1913–1992) - Win Blevins
- William BlinnWilliam BlinnWilliam Frederick Blinn is an American screenwriter and television producer.-Career:Born in Toledo, Ohio, Blinn began his career in television in the 1960s. As a screenwriter, Blinn has written episodes of Rawhide, Here Come the Brides, Gunsmoke, The Rookies, and Fame...
(born 1937) - Stephen BlyStephen BlyStephen Bly was an author & novelist of more than 100 books and hundreds of articles, poems, and short stories. His book, The Long Trail Home Broadman & Holman, won the 2002 Christy Award in the category western novel:...
(1944-2011) - Johnny D. Boggs (born 1962)
- Frank BonhamFrank BonhamFrank Bonham was an western and young adult writer. Bonham wrote 48 novels, and also wrote TV scripts. He was a UCLA graduate....
(1914–1988) - Allan R. BosworthAllan R. BosworthCaptain Allan Rucker Bosworth served in the United States Navy and United States Navy Reserve for some 38 years and authored a number of books as well as magazine articles. He was born in San Angelo, Texas, worked as a journalist in San Francisco, and served in Japan as a Naval public relations...
(1901–1986) - B. M. BowerB. M. BowerBertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy , best known by her pseudonym B. M...
(1871–1940), (Pseudonym of Bertha "Muzzy" SinclairB. M. BowerBertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy , best known by her pseudonym B. M...
) - Leigh BrackettLeigh BrackettLeigh Douglass Brackett was an American author, particularly of science fiction. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on famous films such as The Big Sleep , Rio Bravo , The Long Goodbye and The Empire Strikes Back .-Life:Leigh Brackett was born and grew up in Los Angeles, California...
(1915–1978) - James Edwin Branch (born 1952)
- Max BrandMax BrandFrederick Faust, aka Max Brand|thumb|rightFrederick Schiller Faust was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, but today is primarily known by only one, Max Brand...
(1892–1944), (Pseudonym of Frederick Schiller FaustMax BrandFrederick Faust, aka Max Brand|thumb|rightFrederick Schiller Faust was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, but today is primarily known by only one, Max Brand...
) - Lyle Brandt (born 1951), (Pseudonym of Michael Newton)
- Peter BrandvoldPeter BrandvoldPeter Brandvold is an American western fiction author, who has written more than thirty published novels.Born and raised in North Dakota, Peter Brandvold spent much of his early life riding horses, reading western novels, and watching western movies....
(Pseudonym, Frank Leslie) - Matt BraunMatt BraunMatt Braun is an author specializing in fictional stories of the American West. He has written fifty-six books, most of which are in the Western genre and has over 40 million copies in print....
(born 1932) - Bill BrooksBill BrooksWilliam J. "Bill" Brooks is an American and former baseball and basketball coach who is best known for developing the University of North Carolina at Wilmington athletics program from a junior college to a Division I school. Brooks graduated with an AB from Atlantic Christian College in 1948...
- Dee BrownDee Brown (novelist)Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown was an American novelist and historian.His most famous work, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee details some of the violence and oppression suffered by Native Americans at the hands of American expansionism.-Life:Born in Alberta, Louisiana, a sawmill town, Brown grew up in...
(1908–2002) - Anthony BurgessAnthony BurgessJohn Burgess Wilson – who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess – was an English author, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. The dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange is Burgess's most famous novel, though he dismissed it as one of his lesser works...
(1917–1993) - Terry W. BurnsTerry W. BurnsTerry W. Burns is an American Western Fiction author. Burns has written over two dozen books, including seven fiction books. He has also contributed to a number of short story collections....
(born 1942) - Elizabeth Butler (Pseudonym of Eva Ridenour)
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- David Wynford Carnegie (1871–1900)
- Willa CatherWilla CatherWilla Seibert Cather was an American author who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours , a novel set during World War I...
(1873–1947) - Robert W. ChambersRobert W. ChambersRobert William Chambers was an American artist and writer.-Biography:He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to William P. Chambers , a famous lawyer, and Caroline Chambers , a direct descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, Rhode Island...
(Robert William Chambers) (1865–1933) - Tim Champlin (John Michael Champlin) (born 1937)
- A.M. Chisholm (1872–1960)
- Walter van Tilburg ClarkWalter Van Tilburg ClarkWalter Van Tilburg Clark was an American novelist, short story writer, and educator. He ranks as one of Nevada's most distinguished literary figures of the 20th century and is known primarily for his novels, his one volume of stories, as well as his uncollected short stories...
(1909–1971) - Walt Coburn (1889-1971)
- Don ColdsmithDon ColdsmithDon Coldsmith was an American author of primarily Western fiction. A past president of Western Writers of America, Coldsmith wrote more than 40 books, as well as hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles...
, (1926–2009) - Jackson ColePeter B. GermanoPeter B. Germano was an author of short stories, novels, and television scripts. He began his career with short stories. He wrote articles documenting the Marines in World War II as a combat correspondent. He wrote novels, most of which were westerns, but also wrote science fiction...
(Pseudonym of Peter B. GermanoPeter B. GermanoPeter B. Germano was an author of short stories, novels, and television scripts. He began his career with short stories. He wrote articles documenting the Marines in World War II as a combat correspondent. He wrote novels, most of which were westerns, but also wrote science fiction...
) - Ralph ComptonRalph ComptonRalph Compton was an American writer of western fiction.A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton stood six-foot-eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. Mr...
(1934–1999) - Robert J. ConleyRobert J. ConleyRobert J. Conley is a Cherokee author and enrolled member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, a federally recognized tribe of American Indians. In 2007, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas.Conley was born in Cushing, Oklahoma and...
, (born 1940) - Will CookWill Cook (writer)William Everett Cook , was a western writer as Will Cook and Frank Peace. He also wrote under the pseudonym James Keene with the romance writer Ida Cook and as Wade Everett with the western and erotic writer Giles A...
(William Everett Cook) (1921-1964) - Courtney Ryley CooperCourtney Ryley CooperCourtney Ryley Cooper was an American circus performer, publicist and writer. During his career he published over 30 books, many focusing on crime; J. Edgar Hoover considered him at one time "the best informed man on crime in the U...
(1886–1940) - James Fenimore CooperJames Fenimore CooperJames Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo...
(1789–1851) - Barry CordPeter B. GermanoPeter B. Germano was an author of short stories, novels, and television scripts. He began his career with short stories. He wrote articles documenting the Marines in World War II as a combat correspondent. He wrote novels, most of which were westerns, but also wrote science fiction...
(Pseudonym of Peter B. GermanoPeter B. GermanoPeter B. Germano was an author of short stories, novels, and television scripts. He began his career with short stories. He wrote articles documenting the Marines in World War II as a combat correspondent. He wrote novels, most of which were westerns, but also wrote science fiction...
) - William Robert CoxWilliam Robert CoxWilliam Robert Cox was an American author. He was a prolific writer of short stories and Western and Mystery novels mainly for the pulp and paperback markets. He wrote under at least six pseudonyms: Willard d'Arcy, Mike Frederic, John Parkhill, Joel Reeve, Roger G. Spellman and Jonas Ward.He was...
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- Randy Denmon
- H.A. DeRosso (1917-1960)
- J. Frank DobieJ. Frank DobieJames Frank Dobie was an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist best known for many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural Texas during the days of the open range...
(1888-1964) - Harry Sinclair Drago
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- J. T. Edson (born 1928)
- Edward S. Ellis (Edward Sylvester Ellis) (1840–1916)
- Loren D. EstlemanLoren D. EstlemanLoren D. Estleman is an American writer of detective and Western fiction. He writes with a manual typewriter....
(born 1952) - Max Evans
- Wade EverettWade EverettWade Everett was the pseudonym used by the authors Will Cook and Giles A. Lutz to write western novels.-Single titles:*First Command *Fort Starke *Last Scout *Big Man, Big Mountain *Killer...
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- Kathleen O'Neal GearKathleen O'Neal GearKathleen O'Neal Gear is an American writer. Gear is a former state historian and archaeologist for Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska for the U.S. Department of the Interior. She has twice received the federal government's Special Advancement Award for "outstanding management" of our nation's cultural...
, (born 1954) - W. Michael GearW. Michael GearW. Michael Gear is an American writer, and archaeologist born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on May 20, 1955. He is perhaps best known for his First North Americans series, co-authored with wife Kathleen O'Neal Gear.-Biography:...
, (born 1955) - George G. GilmanGeorge G. GilmanGeorge G. Gilman is one pseudonym, or pen name, of Terry Harknett. Under that name Harknett wrote three series of Western books: Edge, which his US publisher would brand, "The Most Violent Westerns In Print"; Adam Steele ; and The Undertaker...
- Arthur Henry GoodenArthur Henry GoodenArthur Henry Gooden was an English screenwriter of the silent era. He wrote for 53 films between 1916 and 1937...
, (1879–1971) - Edward GormanEdward GormanEd Gorman is an award-winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is currently in post production for a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann....
, (born 1941) - Patricia Probert Gott
- Dorien GreyDorien GreyRoger Margason, who uses the pseudonym of Dorien Grey, is an openly gay American author, . Margason served in the U.S. Navy and graduated from Northern Illinois University with a BA in English....
- Zane GreyZane GreyZane Grey was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage was his bestselling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence...
(1872–1939) - James J. GriffinJames J. GriffinJames J. Griffin is the author of the Texas Ranger Jim Blawcyzk series of western novels. The Blawcyzk stories are traditional Westerns....
(born 1949) - Fred GroveFred GroveFred Grove was a Native American author and winner of five prestigious "Spur Awards" from Western Writers of America for his western novels. He was born in Hominy, Oklahoma.-Biography:...
(1913-2008) - Frank GruberFrank GruberFrank Gruber may refer to:*Frank Gruber , American writer*Frank Gruber , entrepreneur and new media journalist...
, (1904–1969) - Charles A. Gunnison (1861–1897)
- A.B. Guthrie, Jr. (1901–1991)
- Donald GallingerDonald GallingerDonald Nelson Gallinger is an American writer. He is the author of several novels. His most recent work, The Master Planets , which received strong reviews in Booklist, Jewish Book World, and ForeWord Magazine, tells the story of one Polish partisan fighter’s savagery during World War II and its...
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- Mel HagueMel HagueMel Hague is an English country music singer and author.-Early life:...
- William Wister HainesWilliam Wister HainesWilliam Wister Haines was an American author, screenwriter, and playwright. His most notable work, Command Decision, was published as a novel, play, and screenplay following World War II.-Personal history:...
(1908–1989) - Angelo Hall (1868–1922)
- Oakley HallOakley HallOakley Maxwell Hall was an American novelist. He was born in San Diego, California, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and served in the Marines during World War II. Some of his mysteries were published under the pen names "O.M...
(1920–2008) - D.M. Harrison (Diana Harrison)
- Bret HarteBret HarteFrancis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.- Life and career :...
(1836–1902) - Cynthia H. Haseloff
- Travis Haselton
- Ernest HaycoxErnest HaycoxErnest James Haycox was a prolific American author of Western fiction.-Biography:Haycox was born in Portland, Oregon, to William James Haycox and the former Martha Burghardt on October 1, 1899...
(1899–1950) - Will Henry (Henry Wilson Allen) (1912–1991)
- Jean Henry-MeadJean Henry-MeadJean Henry Mead is an American novelist, award-winning photojournalist, historian and editor/publisher. She has also written under the names: Jean Henry, Jean Mead, and S...
- Tony HillermanTony HillermanTony Hillerman was an award-winning American author of detective novels and non-fiction works best known for his Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels...
(1925–2008) - Lee HoffmanLee HoffmanLee Hoffman, born Shirley Bell Hoffman, was an American science fiction fan, an editor of early folk music fanzines, and an author of science fiction, Western and romance novels.In 1950-53, she edited and published the highly-regarded science fiction fanzine, Quandry...
(1932–2007) - Ray Hogan (author)
- L.P. Holmes
- Robert J. Horton
- Robert E. HowardRobert E. HowardRobert Ervin Howard was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre....
(1906–1936) - Clair HuffakerClair HuffakerClair Huffaker was a U.S. author of westerns and other fiction, many of which were turned into films.-Novels:*Cowboy *Flaming Lance *Posse From Hell *Guns of Rio Conchos...
- Min-Woo HyungMin-Woo HyungHyung Min-woo is a South Korean manhwa artist best known for Priest.-External links:...
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- Rye James http://www.ryejamesonline.com
- Will JamesWill James (artist)Will James was an artist and writer of the American West.James was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, in 1892 in Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec, Canada. He started drawing at the age of four on the kitchen floor...
, (1892–1942) - Mike Jameson
- Dorothy M. JohnsonDorothy M. JohnsonDorothy Marie Johnson was an American author best-known for her Western fiction.-Early life:...
(1905–1984) - Terry C. JohnstonTerry C. JohnstonTerry C. Johnston was an American Western fiction author who wrote over 30 novels and had more than 10 million books in print....
(1947–2001) - J.A. Johnstone
- William W. JohnstoneWilliam W. JohnstoneWilliam Wallace Johnstone was a prolific American author, mostly of western, horror and survivalist novels.- Biography :...
(1938-2004) - Cameron Judd
- E.Z.C. JudsonNed BuntlineNed Buntline , was a pseudonym of Edward Zane Carroll Judson , an American publisher, journalist, writer and publicist best known for his dime novels and the Colt Buntline Special he is alleged to have commissioned from Colt's Manufacturing Company.-Naval and military experience:Edward Judson was...
(Pseudonym of Ned BuntlineNed BuntlineNed Buntline , was a pseudonym of Edward Zane Carroll Judson , an American publisher, journalist, writer and publicist best known for his dime novels and the Colt Buntline Special he is alleged to have commissioned from Colt's Manufacturing Company.-Naval and military experience:Edward Judson was...
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- Jim KaneJim KaneJim Kane was a Nebraska high school football, basketball, track and cross country coach, and was named the state’s “Coach of the Year” in 1983, and was posthumously named to the state’s High School Hall of Fame....
(Pseudonym of Peter B. GermanoPeter B. GermanoPeter B. Germano was an author of short stories, novels, and television scripts. He began his career with short stories. He wrote articles documenting the Marines in World War II as a combat correspondent. He wrote novels, most of which were westerns, but also wrote science fiction...
) - Mike KearbyMike KearbyMike Kearby is an American novelist and inventor. Since 2005, Kearby has published eight novels and one graphic novel.-Biography:...
- Elmer KeltonElmer KeltonElmer Stephen Kelton was an American journalist and writer, known particularly for his Western novels.-Biography:...
(1926–2009) - Charles KingCharles King (general)Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.-Biography:...
(1844–1933)
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- Louis L'AmourLouis L'AmourLouis Dearborn L'Amour was an American author. His books consisted primarily of Western fiction novels , however he also wrote historical fiction , science fiction , nonfiction , as well as poetry and short-story collections. Many of his stories were made into movies...
(1908–1988) - Karl Lassiter
- Steven Law (born 1966) http://www.stevenlaw.com
- Wayne C. Lee
- Alan LeMay (1899-1964)
- Elmore LeonardElmore LeonardElmore John Leonard Jr. , better known as Elmore Leonard, is an American novelist and screenwriter. His earliest published novels in the 1950s were westerns, but Leonard went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.Among his...
(born 1925) - Chuck Lewis (born 1936)
- Jake Logan (author)Slocum (westerns)Slocum Westerns are the longest running series of Westerns ever written, encompassing over 400 books, all of which are published under the pen name Jake Logan...
- Noel M. Loomis (1905-1979)
- Milton LottMilton LottMilton Lott was an author of western novels. He grew up in the Snake River Valley, in Idaho and attended University of California, Berkeley. While there he started writing his first published novel, The Last Hunt. He worked on the novel while attending an English class taught by George R....
- Giles A. LutzGiles A. LutzGiles Alfred Lutz was a prolific author of fiction in the Western genre. Born in March 1910 in Missouri, United States, Lutz for many years wrote short stories about the American West that were published in pulp magazines...
(1910–1982)
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- Jack Martin (born 1965) AKA Gary Dobbs
- Kat MartinKat MartinKathleen Kelly Martin is an American writer of romance novels under the pen names of Kat Martin, Kathy Lawrence and Kasey Marx. She is married to writer and photographer Larry Jay Martin.-Biography:...
- Walt MastersonWalt MastersonWalter Edward Masterson III was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers...
- Karl MayKarl MayKarl Friedrich May was a popular German writer, noted mainly for adventure novels set in the American Old West, and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East . In addition, he wrote stories set in his native Germany, in China and in South America...
- Richard MathesonRichard MathesonRichard Burton Matheson is an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is perhaps best known as the author of What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return, A Stir of Echoes, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and I Am Legend, all of which have been...
(born 1926) - Cormac McCarthyCormac McCarthyCormac McCarthy is an American novelist and playwright. He has written ten novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and modernist genres. He received the Pulitzer Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction for The Road...
- Michael McGarrityMichael McGarrityMichael McGarrity is a New Mexican author and former law enforcement officer. He has written a dozen crime-suspense novels about New Mexico...
(born 1939) - Tim McGuireTim McGuireTim McGuire is an American football coach in the United States. He served as the head coach at Morningside College from 1981 to 1982 and at Indiana State University from 1998 to 2004, compiling a career college football record of 31–70.-Coaching career:McGuire was the head college football...
- Larry McMurtryLarry McMurtryLarry Jeff McMurtry is an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas...
(born 1936) - Everett McNeil (1862–1929)
- Leonard Frank MearesLeonard Frank MearesLeonard Frank Meares was an Australian writer of western fiction. He wrote over 700 Westerns for the Australian paperback publishers Cleveland and Horwitz using the pseudonym "Marshall McCoy", "Marshall Grover" "Ward Brennan" and "Glenn Murrell".Among his most famous characters were "Larry &...
- Ross Morton (born 1948) AKA Nik Morton
- Clarence Edward Mulford (1883–1956)
- Scott Meador (born 1974)
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- John D. Nesbitt (born 1948)
- Frederick NolanFrederick NolanFrederick William Nolan is an English editor and writer, mostly known as Frederick Nolan, but also using the pen names Donald Severn, Daniel Rockfern, Christine McGuire and Frederick H. Christian....
- Frank NorrisFrank NorrisBenjamin Franklin Norris, Jr. was an American novelist, during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague , The Octopus: A Story of California , and The Pit .-Life:Frank Norris was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1870...
(1870–1902) - Andre NortonAndre NortonAndre Alice Norton, née Alice Mary Norton was an American science fiction and fantasy author under the noms de plume Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston...
(1912–2005)
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- Chad OliverChad OliverSymmes Chadwick Oliver was an American science fiction and Western writer and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin...
(1928–1993) - T.V. Olsen (Theodore V. Olsen) (1932–1993)
- Frank O'RourkeFrank O'RourkeFrank O'Rourke was an American writer known for western and mystery novels and sports fiction. O'Rourke ultimately wrote more than 60 novels and numerous magazine articles....
(1906–1989) - Wayne D. OverholserWayne D. OverholserWayne D. Overholser was an American Western writer. Overholser won the 1953 First Spur Award for best novel for Lawman using the pseudonym Lee Leighton...
, (1906–1996)
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- Lauran PaineLauran PaineLauran Bosworth Paine was an American writer of Western fiction.Paine wrote over 900 books, including hundreds of Westerns as well as romance, science fiction, and mystery novels. He also wrote a number of non-fiction books on the Old West, military history, witchcraft, and other subjects...
(born 1916) - Robert B. ParkerRobert B. ParkerRobert Brown Parker was an American crime writer. His most famous works were the novels about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the late 1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also...
(1932-2010) - Lewis B. PattenLewis B. PattenLewis Byford Patten was a prolific author of American Western novels, born in Denver, Colorado. He often published under the names Lewis Ford, Len Leighton and Joseph Wayne. He used the last two names when writing in collaboration with Wayne D...
(1915–1981) - Bill PronziniBill PronziniBill Pronzini is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories....
(born 1943)
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- William MacLeod RaineWilliam MacLeod RaineWilliam MacLeod Raine , was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.-Life:William MacLeod Raine was born in London, the son of William and Jessie Raine...
(1871–1954) - Robert J RandisiRobert J RandisiRobert J. Randisi is an American author who writes in the detective and Western genres.He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers."...
(born 1951) - James ReasonerJames ReasonerAmerican author James Reasoner specializes in historical military novels, westerns, and mysteries. He also writes under the pseudonyms "Mike Jameson" and "Dana Fuller Ross." He has written more than 40 novels. His spouse, Livia Washburn Reasoner, is also a prolific writer of westerns, mysteries,...
(pseudonym, L.J. Washburn) - John H. ReeseJohn H. ReeseJohn Henry Reese was an American author of Western and Crime Fiction. He won the prestigious 1952 New York Herald Tribune award for his first children's book, Big Mutt. He produced more than 40 Western novels and well over three hundred short stories...
(1910–1981) (pseudonyms Eddie Abbott, John Jo Carpenter, Camford Cheavly, Camford Sheaveley & Camford Sheavely (chron.)) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716026/ - Dusty Richards (born 1937)
- John E. Richman (born 1947)
- Conrad RichterConrad RichterConrad Michael Richter was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist whose lyrical work focuses on life along the American frontier.-Biography:...
(1890–1968) - Lucia St. Clair RobsonLucia St. Clair Robson-Literary biography:Lucia St. Clair Robson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. She has been a Peace Corps Volunteer in Venezuela, a teacher in New York City, and a librarian in Annapolis, Maryland. She has also lived in Japan, South Carolina, and Arizona...
(born 1942) - Dana Fuller Ross
- Reid L Rosenthal (born 1953)
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- Les Savage, Jr. (1922–1958)
- Jack SchaeferJack SchaeferJack Warner Schaefer was a twentieth century American author known for his Westerns. His most famous work is Shane, which was made into a critically acclaimed movie, and the short story "Stubby Pringle's Christmas" .-Biography:Schaefer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of an attorney...
(1907–1991) - Bradford Scott
- Jon SharpeJon SharpeJon Sharpe was the original author of The Trailsman series of Western novels, published by New American Library, a division of Penguin Group...
- Jory Sherman
- Luke ShortLuke Short (writer)Luke Short was a popular Western writer.Born in Kewanee, Illinois Glidden attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for two and a half years and then transferred to the University of Missouri at Columbia to study journalism.Following graduation in 1930 he worked for a number of...
(1908–1975) (Pseudonym of Frederick D. Glidden) - Jack Slade (publisher house name, pseudonym of Peter B. GermanoPeter B. GermanoPeter B. Germano was an author of short stories, novels, and television scripts. He began his career with short stories. He wrote articles documenting the Marines in World War II as a combat correspondent. He wrote novels, most of which were westerns, but also wrote science fiction...
and others) - Cotton Smith
- Frank H. SpearmanFrank H. SpearmanFrank Hamilton Spearman was an American author.He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads....
(1859–1937) - Kai StarrKai StarrKai Starr is an American author. He has written several books and drawn graphic novels in the science fiction and fantasy genres, but currently specializes in westerns. He is also a musician, and has recorded three albums of his original music...
(born 1964) http://www.kaistarr.com - John SteinbeckJohn SteinbeckJohn Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden and the novella Of Mice and Men...
(1902–1968) - Louis J. StellmanLouis J. StellmanLouis J. Stellman was a photographer, newspaper columnist, biographer and poet.He was born Baltimore, Maryland and went to California in July, 1896. By 1926 he was living in Menlo Park, California. Connected with the San Francisco Examiner by 1897, he also wrote "Observer" sketches for the Los...
(1877–1961) - Gary SveeGary SveeGary Svee is an American author and journalist, known for his Westerns. He was born in Billings, Montana, growing up on the banks of the Yellowstone, Rosebud and Stillwater rivers, and is a graduate of the University of Montana's School of Journalism.Svee is a former editorial director for the...
(born 1943)
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- David Thompson
- Nye Tredgold
- Clay TurnerPeter B. GermanoPeter B. Germano was an author of short stories, novels, and television scripts. He began his career with short stories. He wrote articles documenting the Marines in World War II as a combat correspondent. He wrote novels, most of which were westerns, but also wrote science fiction...
(Pseudonym of Peter B. GermanoPeter B. GermanoPeter B. Germano was an author of short stories, novels, and television scripts. He began his career with short stories. He wrote articles documenting the Marines in World War II as a combat correspondent. He wrote novels, most of which were westerns, but also wrote science fiction...
) - Chuck Tyrell (pen name of Charles T. Whipple)
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- Dale L. WalkerDale L. WalkerDale L. Walker , an award-winning American writer, was born in Decatur, Illinois, but has spent most of his life in El Paso, Texas. The author of twenty-three books, he has also served as a television reporter, editor, news and information officer, university press director, freelance writer,...
, (born 1935) - Richard S. WheelerRichard S. WheelerRichard S. Wheeler is the award-winning novelist of over sixty books about the American West, including the Barnaby Skye series of novels...
, (born 1935) - Charles G. West
- G. Clifton WislerG. Clifton WislerG. Clifton Wisler is the author of more than sixty-three books , many of them are historical fiction for young adults. Wisler lives in Plano, Texas in the United States, where he continues to work on his doctoral dissertation on the history of the Ninth Texas Infantry Regiment in the American...
- Owen WisterOwen WisterOwen Wister was an American writer and "father" of western fiction.-Early life:Owen Wister was born on July 14, 1860, in Germantown, a well-known neighborhood in the northwestern part of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Owen Jones Wister, was a wealthy physician, one of a long line of...
(1860–1938)
See also
- Western fictionWestern fictionWestern fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 1900s and Louis L'Amour from the mid 20th century...
- Western movie
- List of authors
- Western Writers of AmericaWestern Writers of AmericaWestern Writers of America, founded 1953, promotes literature, both fiction and non-fiction, pertaining to the American West. Although its founders wrote traditional western fiction, the more than five hundred current members also include historians and other non-fiction writers as well as authors...