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List of Western fiction authors

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.


A

B

  • Todhunter Ballard
  • Jack Ballas
  • S. Omar Barker
  • Dwight Bennett , (pseudonym of Dwight B. Newton )
  • Jack M. Bickham
  • Johnny D. Boggs
  • Frank Bonham , (1914-1988)
  • B.M. Bower , (pseudonym of Bertha "Muzzy" Sinclair )
  • Max Brand (1892-1944), (Pseudonym of Frederick Schiller Faust)
  • Peter Brandvold
  • Matt Braun
  • Bill Burchardt

C

D

  • Peter Dawson (I) , (Pseudonym of Jonathan Glidden )

E

  • J.T. Edson
  • Allan Vaughan Elston
  • Loren D. Estleman
  • Max Evans
  • Tabor Evans

F

  • Cliff Farrell
  • Peter Field
  • Norman A. Fox
  • Steve Frazee , (1909-1992)

G

  • Kelly P. Gast
  • George C. Gillman
  • Edward Gorman
  • Zane Grey, (1872-1939)
  • Fred Grove , (born 1913)
  • Frank Gruber
  • Bill Gulick
  • A.B. Guthrie, Jr. , (1901-1991)

H

I

J

K

  • Leo P. Kelly
  • Elmer Kelton , (born 1924)

L

M

O

  • Chad Oliver
  • T.V. Olsen, (1932-1993)(Theodore V. Olsen)
  • Frank O'Rourke
  • Stephen Overholser
  • Wayne D. Overholser

P

  • Lauran Paine , (born 1916)
  • Lewis B. Patten
  • Bill Pronzini

Q

R

S

  • Jack Schaefer , (1907-1991)
  • Charles Alden Seltzer
  • Jon Sharpe
  • Luke Short , (1908-1975)(Pseudonym of Frederick D. Glidden )
  • Robert J. Steelman
  • Louis J. Stellman (1877-1961)

T

  • David Thompson (I)

U

V

W

  • Charles G. West
  • Richard S. Wheeler , (born 1935)
  • G. Clifton Wisler
  • Owen Wister, (1860-1938)

X

Y

  • Carter Travis Young

Z

See also

External Resources

Western Writers of America website: http://www.westernwriters.org/

Last updated: 05-21-2005 02:13:24