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 …
New Review of Dead Man’s Ranch….
Steve M. over at the excellent blog, Western Fiction Review (a vital daily e-stop for me), has just reviewed my new novel, Dead Man's Ranch, and I am pleased to say he liked it. An excerpt from the review: "Matthew P. Mayo tells his story at a fast pace, his plot...
Welcome to Wrong Town….
I'm pleased and proud, chuffed and puffed to announce the release of my new e-book, WRONG TOWN (Roamer Book 1), a revised version of my 2008 novel, WRONG TOWN. This time around, I've set it up as the first in a series featuring the protagonist, Roamer, a hulking,...
Dead Man’s Ranch Available Now!
It's official, my new novel, Dead Man's Ranch, is up for grabs all over the west, east, north, and south--and online! DEAD MAN'S RANCH (A Ralph Compton Western) Mass market paperback, Signet, March 6, 2012 304 pages Available from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble |...
New Novel Out Soon….
Dead Man's Ranch, my latest novel, is officially released March 6. It's my first for the Ralph Compton Westerns line for Signet and I'm already up to my elbows in my next one. The book's up for pre-order at all the usual spots, and can be found at most bookstores with...
Me and Ed McBain….
A few months ago I was invited to contribute a brief memory about my discovery of Ed McBain's writing, in particular his excellent 87th Precinct novels, and their influence on my own work. It is a page put together by Amazon to coincide with their rerelease, in ebook...
