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 …
We’re Number 1! We’re Number 1!
The Five Star anthology, The Spoilt Quilt and Other Frontier Stories, in which my story, “Peaches,” resides, recently attained the #1 spot on Amazon’s Historical Fiction Anthology category. But don’t just take their word for it … here’s a link so you can enjoy it...
My New “Grim Tale of Survival”….
I’m pleased to announce that my story, “Peaches” (called a “grim tale of survival” in a starred review by Library Journal) is included in a bold new collection of sixteen previously unpublished stories by a number of award-winning authors. The Spoilt Quilt and Other...
STRANDED … via SKYPE!
I recently had the pleasure of talking, via Skype, with Bellows Falls, Vermont’s own Rockingham Free Public Library’s monthly book group. This month they all read STRANDED! And they hit me with a pile of great questions, including: Since you’re a guy, how were you...
TIMBERLINE is a Peacemaker Finalist!
I am pleased and honored to announce that my latest Roamer novel, TIMBERLINE, has been named as a finalist in Western Fictioneers’ Peacemaker Awards in the Best Western Novel category. I offer a hearty congratulations to all other finalists and to the judges for...
REAL OR FAKE?
Just released:MOVING FOREWORD: REAL INTRODUCTIONS TO TOTALLY MADE-UP BOOKS, is a collection of dozens of real introductions to imaginary books, written by celebrities, comedians, musicians, and other writers (that’s where I come in)…. My contribution, “Lucky...
