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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. [1] Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and Louis L'Amour from the mid-20th century.
This is a list of some notable authors in the Western fiction genre. Part of a series on: ... Manning Lee Stokes (1911–1976), writing as Ford Worth; Charles S ...
The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.
Ralph Compton (April 11, 1934 – September 16, 1998) 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.
The Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement in Western literature, first awarded in 1961, is also a Western Writers of America award, distinct from the Spur Awards. Initially, there were five Spur Awards categories: western novel, historical novel, juvenile, short story, and reviewer.
Publishers Weekly received Scream of Eagles negatively, writing, "this is a preposterous story, with little historical accuracy or value, featuring a shallow caricature of a western hero". [ 12 ] Library Journal gave a starred review to A Lone Star Christmas , writing that it was "[a] well-paced saga with cattle rustling, bar fights, painful ...
Professionally, Nesbitt has participated in the leadership of national and regional organizations for writing, literature, and western Americana. Most notably, Nesbitt served as president of Wyoming Writers, Inc., (2010–2011), [ 26 ] president of WyoPoets (1996–1997), [ 27 ] and as board member for Western Writers of America (2008–2010).
Blakely has been writing Western fiction since 1993. Eighteen of his novels are currently in print. [1] [2] Two of them were co-written with Willie Nelson [3] and Kenny Rogers. [4] Summer of Pearls, won the 2000 Spur Award for Best Western Novel from the Western Writers of America. Two others have been nominated for the award. [5]