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….

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Weird Talk….

Sep 25, 2011

I was recently interviewed on behalf of the anthology, How the West Was Weird 2, by the groovy site Atomic Anxiety for its "Weird West Wednesday." (I'm a few days late in posting this….).

Rave Review!

Aug 25, 2011

The newest issue of Down East: The Magazine of Maine contains a review of Maine Icons, and we're pleased to report they love it. Reviewer Julia Spencer-Fleming doles out ample words of praise, in part: "Part travel guide, part food journal, part history: Like many...

Saddle Up!

Jul 29, 2011

The Traditional West: A Western Fictioneers Anthology From the dusty plains of Texas to the sweeping vistas of Montana and beyond, the classic American Western returns in this collection of 24 brand-new stories by members of Western Fictioneers, the only writers'...

Maine Icons: Summer Signing Dates

Jul 6, 2011

As part of our MAINE ICONS-apaloozablowouttourfest, we'll be attending several upcoming events. Be sure to stop by, snap up a copy or six of MAINE ICONS, and we'll be more than happy to sign them! July 9: Books in Boothbay: Maine's Summer Book Fair 12:30 to 3:30 The...