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 …
Pickin’ Up Steam….
Here's a link to an extensive by acclaimed fantasy author Joshua Palmatier of the recent DAW Books anthology, STEAMPUNK’D, in which my story, “Scourge of the Spoils,” appears. This book is flat-out fun. If you haven't yet bought a copy, might I recommend clicking here...
Mayo Mauled by Grizzlies!!!
Holy smoked crawdads, can it be true? Well, sort of. Truth is, it's a new interview with me at the great site, Booklife. Interview-meister Jeremy L.C. Jones held my feet to the flames and I howled about writing and whatnot. You can sniff the smoke here….
“Violent and authentic….”
Just some of the words used to describe BOOTLEGGERS, LOBSTERMEN & LUMBERJACKS in my recent interview with Maine Public Radio's Keith Shortall. The interview aired last night and the full transcript and a link to the podcast will be available soon. In the meantime,...
Best of 2010….
Gary Dobbs, proprietor of the always-interesting Tainted Archive, has selected what he's calling "Best of the West 2010"--a list of fiction and non-fiction titles about the West or set in the West that he's enjoyed reading in the past year. I'm proud and pleased to...
Live, it’s … New England’s Grittiest Author!
On Tuesday, December 14, 2010, I had the great honor of being the guest on the top-shelf Vermont Public Radio show, Vermont Edition. Host Jane Lindholm asked me intriguing questions about my new book, Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks, and I did my best to not...
