Liz is noted for her poetry; Wisconsin's Poet Laureate, Marilyn Taylor, agrees. About Liz, links, reviews, & sample poems.
Website: http://waterwriter.com/
Chila Woychik
Chila has a book of lyric essays which will release in January 2012. About Chila & sample chapters.
Chila has dozens of magazine articles to her credit, both online and in print. Her favorite genres are creative nonfiction and poetry, but she's recently begun writing fiction as well. Her current works incorporate flashes of cnf into primarily mystery, fringe, or psychological fiction.
Linda Yezak
Though Linda is an editor with us, we still only publish what we consider the best of writing.
Give the Lady a Ride is a fine romantic comedy in a western setting.
About Linda, links, reviews, & a sample chapter.
Website/blog: http://lindayezak.com/
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The CHRISTMAS CAMPFIRE COMPANION
contains stories by these authors, and more:
Tim Champlin (pseudonym of John
Michael Champlin) was born in Fargo,
North Dakota. The son of a large animal veterinarian, he grew up in Nebraska,
Missouri and Arizona. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State College and
earned a Masters degree in English from Peabody College, Nashville.Two dozen of
his articles and short stories were published in regional and national
periodicals before he began his career as a Western author with his novel, Summer of the Sioux, in
1981. His stories of the American West feature striking historical details,
vivid characterization and spectacular scenes. His subjects include lumber
schooners sailing the West Coast, early-day wet plate photography, daredevils
who thrill crowds with gas balloons and the first parachutes, tong wars in San
Francisco’s Chinatown, Basque sheepherders and the Penitentes of the
Southwest.He is married and the father of three grown children. His hobbies
include sailing, tennis and shooting. About Tim Champlin.
Douglas Hirt won
the Colorado Authors’ League Top Hand Award. His 1998 book, BRANDISH, and 1999
DEADWOOD, were finalists for the SPUR award given by the Western Writers of
America.He is short story writer, and the author of thirty-two novels and one
book of nonfiction.
Matthew P. Mayo’s novels include the
Westerns
Winters’ War,
Wrong Town, and
Hot Lead, Cold Heart. Matthew’s short fiction has appeared in a
variety of publications, including two recent DAW Books anthologies. One of his
short stories, “Half a Pig,” was selected as a 2010 Spur Finalist by the
Western Writers of America. His non-fiction books include
Cowboys, Mountain Men & Grizzly Bears and
Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks. Visit Matthew P. Mayo
on the Web at www.matthewmayo.com.
Matthew Mayo's website.
Kerry Newcomb was born in Connecticut but had the good fortune to be raised in Texas. Newcomb is a New York Times bestselling author with over forty novels to his credit. He has been published in several countries, and has written for the stage, film, and in ages past, for sales media. He holds a B.A. in English and a Masters of Fine Arts in Theater. With he wife, he spent a year teaching at a Native American mission in Ashland, Montana. They currently live in Fort Worth, Texas.
About Kerry Newcomb.
Robert J. Randisi is the author of
more than 540 books in the Western, Private Eye, Men's Adventure, and Horror
genres. As J.R. Roberts he is the creator and author of the long running series
"The Gunsmith." He also wrote a created the Tracker, Angel Eyes,
Bounty Hunter, Mountain Jack Pike, Widowmaker, Gamblers, Sons of Daniel Shaye
and Ryder series. Born in Brooklyn, New York he currently resides in Clarksville, Missouri--a
town of 500 people overlooking the Mississippi River--with writer
"Christine Matthews."
About Robert Randisi.
A lifelong Texan,
James Reasoner has been a
professional writer for more than thirty years. In that time, he has authored
several hundred novels and short stories in numerous genres. Best known for his
Westerns, historical novels, and war novels, he is also the author of two
mystery novels that have achieved cult followings, TEXAS WIND and DUST DEVILS. Writing
under his own name and various pseudonyms, his novels have garnered praise from
Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and the Los Angeles Times, as well as appearing on
the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. He lives in a small town in
Texas with his wife, award-winning fellow author Livia J. Washburn.
James Reasoner's bibliography.
Dusty Richards is the author of a hundred western novels under his name and pseudonyms. He's won two Spur Awards, one for a novel called, "The Horse Creek Incident," and the other for a short story on Amazon.com, "The Comanche Moon." He also received the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center's Wrangler Award for his book, "The Sundown Chaser."
Dusty Richards' website.
Frank Roderus is a well-published
author of over 300 books with a loyal fan base who enjoy his westerns,
mysteries, juvenile books and other works. He's been writing full-time since
1980, and was a journalist, before that winning the Colorado Press
Association's highest award. The Western Writers of America has twice named him
recipient of the most prestigious award a western writer can receive, the Spur
Award for his hardback,
Leaving Kansas,
in
1983 and again in 1996 with
Potter's
Field. He said, "I wrote my
first fiction (a western) at age five and never wanted to do anything else. I
enjoy researching the American West as well as my travels in the area. My
novels are built around my characters, who I like to think are representative
of the people who still raise livestock in this great country."
Troy D. Smith is a native of Sparta,
Tennessee. He received a B.A. in History at Tennessee Tech, and is currently a
doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois, where he teaches U.S. and
East Asian history and researches Native Americans and the Civil War. Smith has
been a member of Western Writers of America since 1998. He has published five
books and more than forty short stories and magazine articles, appearing in
such periodicals as
Louis L’Amour Western
Magazine, Wild West, Muzzleloader, and
Civil
War Times Illustrated. He was a 2001 winner of the Spur Award, and was a
finalist on two other occasions.
Larry Sweazy won the WWA Spur award for Best Short Fiction in 2005,
and was nominated for a Derringer award in 2007. His other short stories have
appeared in, or will appear in,
The
Adventure of the Missing Detective: And 25 of the Year's Finest Crime and
Mystery Stories!,
Boys’ Life,
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Amazon
Shorts, and other publications. Larry is also author of the
Josiah Wolfe, Texas
Ranger series, published by Berkley. He lives in Noblesville, Indiana, with his
wife, Rose, two dogs and a cat.
Robert Vaughan sold his first book when he was 19 years old,
and under his own name and several pseudonyms, he has sold more than 400
books, including approximately 200 Westerns. He has hit the
NY Times, Publishers’ Weekly, and
USA Today bestseller lists numerous
times, and is the recipient of the Spur Award (
SURVIVAL, writing as K.C. McKenna) the Best Original Paperback of
the year for 1976,
THE POWER AND THE
PRIDE, and his book
BRANDYWINE’S WAR
was selected by the Canadian University Symposium of Literature as the best
iconoclastic novel of that war. He wrote, directed, and appeared in the History
Channel Documentary,
VIETNAM HOMECOMING,
and he is a member of the Writers Hall of Fame of America. Vaughan is a decorated retired army officer who did three tours in Vietnam.
Under the names Livia J. Washburn and
L.J.
Washburn, Livia Reasoner has been writing award-winning, critically
acclaimed Western, mystery, romance, and historical novels for more than
twenty-five years. She began to write in collaboration with her husband, author
James Reasoner, and soon branched out into telling her own stories. In addition to writing, Livia
enjoys photography, arts, and crafts, but she also loves having a pile of
lumber, a circular saw, and a building project. An accomplished carpenter, she
has framed houses and built more sets of bookshelves than she can remember,
some of which have been filled with the books she’s written. Livia lives in the Texas
countryside with her husband and several dogs. Her website can be found at
www.liviawashburn.com, and she blogs
at
http://liviajwashburn.blogspot.com___________
The BOOK OF SYLVARI: An Anthology of Elves
contains stories by these authors:
Grace Bridges, publisher of Splashdown Books
Glynda Francis, editor and author
T. Reul Graves, debut author
Jordon Gregg, author
W. H. Hayes, author
Christian Miles, debut author
Ruth Smith Mills, debut author
Jim Tesla, debut author
Mallory West, debut author
Publication date TBA