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 …
The Boston Globe Digs Our Action!
Maine Icons was reviewed/covered in Sunday's Boston Globe Books section. Here's what they had to say: Maine By The Numbers By Jan Gardner Globe Correspondent June 26, 2011 Did you know that Maine’s moose population is second only to Alaska’s? Or that Chester...
First Interview …
for Maine Icons appeared this weekend in the Portland Press Herald online and Sunday's print edition. We're quite pleased with it. Click here to give it a read.
Drumroll, Please….
The Western Fictioneers 2010 Peacemaker Awards results are in: BEST SHORT STORY WINNER: Wayne Dundee, “This Old Star” from the anthology Bad Cop…No Donut (Padwolf Publishing) BEST NOVEL WINNER: Lyle Brandt (winner), Manhunt (Berkley) My short story, "Scourge of the...
Weird Is In!
Though not officially released until July 1, 2011, the astounding anthology, How the West Was Weird: Volume II, a collection of Weird Western tales from Pulpwork Press, was just reviewed at the always-excellent site All Pulp. I'm pleased to report that the reviewer,...
Maine Icons in Village Soup!
Midcoast Maine news outlet Village Soup posted a write-up about Maine Icons! Here’s a snippet: For Mayos, Maine a haven in world of headaches Whoopie, check out Pine Tree State icons What makes Maine Maine? In their book “Maine Icons: 50 Classic Symbols of the Pine...





