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John Harvey is a British novelist of crime fiction and the creator of the Charlie Resnick series. Harvey began his career writing Western novels with co-authors such as Angus Wells, Laurence James and Terry Harknett – usually using the collective pen name. He has won the Silver Dagger award from the Crime Writers’ Association for […]
Stone Creek is a series of both historical and contemporary romance novels by American author Linda Lael Miller. The series is set in Arizona, starting out in the Old West and ending in modern times. The series references other series by Linda Lael Miller, including the Creeds and the McKettricks.
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American novelist of adventure, fantasy, science fiction, western and romance novels. He is best known for his Tarzan and John Carter of Mars characters. Burroughs began writing fiction when he thought he could at least write as good as the pulp fiction magazine writers at the time.
Jack Schaefer (1907-1991) is an American novelist of Western fiction. He is best known for his debut novel Shane, which was adapted into a classic film. Despite the fact that he wrote Western novels, he had never been to the West for much of his life.
Charles Portis is an American author of such novels as Norwood and True Grit. Both of those novels were adapted to film; Norwood in 1970, starring Glen Campbell and True Grit in 1969 starring John Wayne and then again in 2010. He has been described as “one of the most inventively comic writers of western […]
Walt Longmire is a fictional character created by American author Craig Johnson. He was created for Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire novels, but has since moved onto his own TV series on A&E called “Longmire.” The series debuted to an amazing 4.1 million viewers, making it the #1 original series premiere of all time on the […]
Craig Johnson is an American novelist of mystery novels set in the West. His series is the Walt Longmire series. His books have won several awards, including The Dark Horse being named one of the best books of 2009 by Publisher’s Weekly, Death Without Company winning the Book of the Year award from the Wyoming […]
Little House is a series of historical fiction children’s books by American author Laura Ingalls Wilder. The series is based on the childhood of Laura Ingalls Wilder, although it is still considered a fiction series rather than non-fiction. The series begins in the 1860’s and is set in the Midwestern United States. It focuses on […]
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) was an American author of the Little House series – a series of children’s novels based on her own life growing up in a pioneer family. Before gaining fame as a novelist, Laura worked as a teacher as well as on the farm. The Little House series has been adapted several […]
The Sackett series is a series of novels by American author Louis L’Amour. These western (or “Frontier”) novels don’t all feature the whole family, but rather each novel features a different member of the Sackett clan. The family tree consists of several different members, including Barnabas, Kin-Ring, Brian, Yance, Jubal, Echo, Logan, Nolan, Lando, Falcon, […]