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 …
Full Head o’ Steampunk!
The kindly folks of the Keystone Gaming Society dig my steampunk story, "Scourge of the Spoils," included in the DAW Books anthology, Steampunk'd, that came out a few months ago. Here's an abbreviated version of what they have to say: "This is one of the best short...
Beantown Loves Its Bootleggers….
Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks receives a favorable mention on Boston.com (the online version of The Boston Globe). They did a roundup of 14 books about New England published in the past year. Here's my bit: "Witch hunt victim Giles Corey appears as one of...
Steamin’ Hot….
Flamingnet Reviews gives Steampunk'd its Top Choice Award here.
Smokin’ New Review!
The Bangor Daily News has posted a fine review of Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks. "Life is hard in New England. That’s the message that comes through loud and clear in this new history book by Northport author Matthew P. Mayo. Nature is at the heart of many...
A Team Effort
Nearly two years in the making, Maine Icons: 50 Classic Symbols of the Pine Tree State has been a labor of love for my wife and me. And we can finally share the cover with the world! If I do say so myself (and you know I will), this book is one heck of a handsome...
