STRANDED
A STORY OF FRONTIER SURVIVAL
• 2018 Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding Western Novel by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
• 2018 Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Fiction Novel by the Western Writers of America
• 2018 Peacemaker Award for Best Young Adult Western Novel by Western Fictioneers
• 2018 Willa Award for Best Historical Fiction by Women Writing the West
• 2018 High Plains Book Award for Young Adult Book
• 2018 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Young Readers
• 2018 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award for Young Adult Historical Fiction
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FEATURED EXCERPT …
THE OUTFIT (BOOK 3):
OUTLAWED!
Talbot Timmons climbed aboard the westbound train thirty minutes before it pulled out of the station at Santa Fe. He smiled, puffed with pride at his life’s recent twists. Not only was he warden of Yuma Territorial Prison, but after the War of Northern Aggression, he’d managed to revive and ride point on the Brotherhood of the Phoenix, the mightiest group of die-hard Confederates the world had yet seen. And soon, he thought, soon I will be a governor, then a senator, then—and why the hell not?— President of the United States….
THIS JUST IN …
Little Old Me….
I've been interviewed at the popular website Western Fiction Review, covering everything from how I began as a writer to what book I'd most like to write a sequel to … and a whole lot more. Mighty flattering! Here's a link…....
High Praise….
Top-selling Western author Peter Brandvold recently reviewed WRONG TOWN on Amazon and he made my week: "I loved ROAMER: WRONG TOWN, and can't wait for the next one in the series. This is fiction writing at its best, and some of the best writing you'll find in the...
WRONG TOWN = Thumbs-Up!
Top-shelf writer, Larry D. Sweazy, author of the award-winning "Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger" series has laid some serious praise on me and my novel WRONG TOWN. I can only blush and thank him--and work to keep the work up to such standards. I'm pleased that folks are...
WRONG TOWN in Paperback!
I am pleased to announce that not only is WRONG TOWN (ROAMER #1) now available as an e-book, but Gritty Press has just made it available in a nifty new paperback version as well. For readers who prefer a traditional paper-and-ink experience, this handsome 184-page...
Kudos for ROAMER #1: WRONG TOWN
Best-selling author James Reasoner has reviewed my recently rereleased novel, WRONG TOWN (ROAMER #1) and I'm pleased to say he digs it mighty. Here's a link: http://westernfictioneers.blogspot.com/2012/03/wrong-town-matthew-p-mayo.html
