List of Western fiction authors

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This is a list of some notable authors - [WP] [SM-201] in the western fiction - [WP] [SM-201] genre.
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List of Western fiction authors
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Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres.

A

  • Edward Abbey - [WP] (1927–1989)
  • Andy Adams (writer) - [WP] (1859–1934)
  • William Lacey Amy - [WP] (1877-1962)
  • Rudolfo Anaya - [WP] (1937–2020)

B

  • Todhunter Ballard - [WP] (1903–1980)
  • S. Omar Barker - [WP] (1894–1985)
  • Rex Beach - [WP] (1877–1949)
  • James Warner Bellah - [WP] (1899–1976)
  • Don Bendell - [WP] (born 1947)
  • Tom W. Blackburn - [WP] (1913–1992)
  • James Carlos Blake - [WP] (born 1947)
  • William Blinn - [WP] (1937–2020)
  • Stephen Bly - [WP] (1944–2011)
  • Frank Bonham - [WP] (1914–1988)
  • Allan R. Bosworth - [WP] (1901–1986)
  • Peter Bowen - [WP] (1945–2020)
  • B.M. Bower - [WP] (1871–1940)
    • (aka: Bertha "Muzzy" Sinclair)
  • Leigh Brackett - [WP] (1915–1978)
  • Max Brand - [WP] (1892–1944),
  • (pseudonym of Frederick Schiller Faust}
  • Michael Newton (author) - [WP] (1951–2021)
  • Peter Brandvold - [WP] (pseudonym, Frank Leslie)
  • Matt Braun - [WP] (born 1932)
  • Dee Brown (novelist) - [WP] (1908–2002)
  • Anthony Burgess - [WP] (1917–1993)
  • Walter Noble Burns - [WP] (1866–1932)

C

  • Daniel Carlson - [WP] (born 1963)
  • David Wynford Carnegie - [WP] (1871–1900)
  • Asa Earl Carter - [WP] (1925–1979)
    • (aka: Forrest Carter]]
  • David F. Case - [WP] (1937–2018)
  • Willa Cather - [WP] (1873–1947)
  • Robert W. Chambers - [WP] (1865–1933)
  • A.M. Chisholm - [WP] (1871–1960)
  • Walter van Tilburg Clark - [WP] (1909–1971)
  • Robbie Coburn - [WP] (born 1994)
  • Walt Coburn - [WP] (1889–1971)
  • Don Coldsmith - [WP] (1926–2009)
  • Peter B. Germano - [WP] , (aka: Jackson Cole)
  • Ralph Compton - [WP] (1934–1999)
  • Robert J. Conley - [WP] (1940–2014)
  • Will Cook (writer) - [WP] (1921–1964)
    • (aka William Everett Cook)
  • Courtney Ryley Cooper - [WP] (1886–1940)
  • James Fenimore Cooper - [WP] (1789–1851)
  • Peter B. Germano - [WP]
    • (aka: Barry Cord)
  • Ralph Cotton - [WP]
  • William R. Cox (writer) - [WP] (1901–1988)
  • Bill Crider - [WP] (1941–2018)
  • Elizabeth Crook - [WP] (born 1959)
  • James Oliver Curwood - [WP] (1878–1926)

D

  • Sandra Dallas - [WP]
  • H. L. Davis - [WP] (1894–1960)
  • John Deacon - [WP]
  • J. Frank Dobie - [WP] (1888–1964)
  • Gary M Dobbs - [WP] (born 1965)
  • Ivan Doig - [WP] (1939–2015)
  • Harry Sinclair Drago - [WP]

E

  • J. T. Edson - [WP] (1928–2014)
  • Edward S. Ellis - [WP] (Edward Sylvester Ellis) (1840–1916)
  • Louise Erdrich - [WP]
  • Loren D. Estleman - [WP] (born 1952)
  • Wade Everett - [WP] ,
    • (aka: Will Cook and Giles A. Lutz)

F

  • Edna Ferber - [WP] (1885–1968)
  • Norman A. Fox - [WP] (1911–1960)
  • Ron Franscell - [WP] (born 1957)

G

  • Brian Garfield - [WP] (1939–2018)
  • Kathleen O'Neal Gear - [WP] (born 1954)
  • W. Michael Gear - [WP] (born 1955)
  • George G. Gilman - [WP] , (1936–2019)
    • (aka: Terry Williams Harknett)
  • Jean Giraud - [WP] (1938–2012)
  • Arthur Henry Gooden - [WP] (1879–1971)
  • Edward Gorman - [WP] (1941–2016)
  • Jackson Gregory - [WP] (1882–1943)
  • Dorien Grey - [WP]
  • Zane Grey - [WP] (1872–1939)
  • James J. Griffin - [WP] (born 1949)
  • Jesse Edward Grinstead - [WP] (1866–1948)
  • Fred Grove - [WP] (1913–2008)
  • Frank Gruber (writer) - [WP] (1904–1969)
  • A.B. Guthrie, Jr. - [WP] (1901–1991)

H

  • Derek Haas - [WP] (born 1970)
  • Mel Hague - [WP]
  • William Wister Haines - [WP] (1908–1989)
  • Oakley Hall - [WP] (1920–2008)
  • Ron Hansen (novelist) - [WP] (born 1947)
  • Bret Harte - [WP] (1836–1902)
  • Kent Haruf - [WP] (1943–2014)
  • Ernest Haycox - [WP] (1899–1950)
  • Henry Wilson Allen - [WP] , (1912–1991)
  • Tony Hillerman - [WP] (1925–2008)
  • Lee Hoffman - [WP] (1932–2007)
  • Robert E. Howard - [WP] (1906–1936)
  • Clair Huffaker - [WP] (1926–1990)

I

  • Laura Ingalls Wilder - [WP] (1867–1957)
  • Washington Irving - [WP] (1783–1859)

J

  • Will James (artist) - [WP] , (1892–1942)
  • Paulette Jiles - [WP] (born 1943)
  • Craig Johnson (author) - [WP] (born 1961)
  • Dorothy M. Johnson - [WP] (1905–1984)
  • Terry C. Johnston - [WP] (1947–2001)
  • William W. Johnstone - [WP] (1938–2004)
  • Ned Buntline - [WP]
    • (aka: E.Z.C. Judson)

K

  • Jim Kane - [WP]
    • (aka: Peter B. Germano)
  • Mike Kearby - [WP]
  • Elmer Kelton - [WP] (1926–2009)
  • Charles King (general) - [WP] (1844–1933)

L

  • Oliver La Farge - [WP] (1901–1963)
  • Louis L'Amour - [WP] (1908–1988)
  • Marcial Lafuente Estefanía - [WP] (1903–1984),
    • (aka: M.L. Estefanía, was later borrowed by his sons)
  • Joe R. Lansdale - [WP] (born 1951)
  • Elmore Leonard - [WP] (1925–2013)
  • Chuck Lewis - [WP] (born 1936)
  • Tom Lin (writer) - [WP] (born ~)[1]
  • Slocum (westerns) - [WP]
    • (aka Jake Logan (author)
  • Milton Lott - [WP] (1919–1996)
  • Giles A. Lutz - [WP] (1910–1982)
  • Francis Lynde - [WP] (1856–1930)
  • Stan Lynde - [WP]

M

  • Milo Manara - [WP] [SM-201] (born 1945)
  • Kat Martin - [WP]
  • Richard Matheson - [WP] (1926–2013)
  • Karl May - [WP] (1842–1912)
  • Ardath Mayhar - [WP] (1930–2012)
  • Cormac McCarthy - [WP] (1933-2023)
  • Lucile Saunders McDonald - [WP] (1898–1992)
  • Michael McGarrity - [WP] (born 1939)
  • Thomas McGuane - [WP] (born 1939)
  • Larry McMurtry - [WP] (1936–2021)
  • Leonard Frank Meares - [WP]
  • Joaquin Miller - [WP] (1837–1913)
  • Balduin Möllhausen - [WP] (1825–1905)
  • Lorin Morgan-Richards - [WP] (born 1975)
  • Clarence Edward Mulford - [WP] (1883–1956)

N

  • John D. Nesbitt - [WP] (born 1948)
  • Frederick Nolan (writer) - [WP] (1931–2022)
  • Frank Norris - [WP] (1870–1902)
  • Andre Norton - [WP] (1912–2005)
  • Nelson Nye - [WP] (1907–1997)

O

  • Chad Oliver - [WP] (1928–1993)
  • T.V. Olsen - [WP] (Theodore V. Olsen) (1932–1993)
  • Frank O'Rourke (writer) - [WP] (1906–1989)
  • Wayne D. Overholser - [WP] (1906–1996)
  • Robert O'Hanlin - [WP] (2003-2023)

P

  • Lauran Paine - [WP] (1916–2001)
  • Robert B. Parker - [WP] (1932–2010)
  • Lewis B. Patten - [WP] (1915–1981)
  • Charles Portis - [WP] (1933–2020)
  • Bill Pronzini - [WP] (born 1943)
  • Annie Proulx - [WP] (born 1935)

R

  • William MacLeod Raine - [WP] (1871–1954)
  • Robert J Randisi - [WP] (born 1951)
  • James Reasoner - [WP] (born 1953)
  • John H. Reese - [WP] (1910–1981)
    • (aka: Eddie Abbott, John Jo Carpenter, Camford Cheavly, Camford Sheaveley & Camford Sheavely (chron.))
  • Conrad Richter - [WP] (1890–1968)
  • Lucia St. Clair Robson - [WP] (born 1942)
  • James Reasoner - [WP] (born 1953)
    • (aka: Dana Fuller Ross)
  • Zola Helen Ross - [WP] (1912–1989)
  • James L. Rubel (1894-1960)

S

  • Jeff Sadler - [WP] (1943–2005), (pseudonym of Geoffrey Sadler; also wrote under the pen name Wes Calhoun).[2]
  • M. H. Salmon - [WP] (1945-2019)
  • Jack Schaefer - [WP] (1907–1991)
  • Charles Alden Seltzer - [WP] (1875-1942)
  • Jon Sharpe - [WP]
  • Luke Short (writer) - [WP] (1908–1975)
    • (pseudonym of {sFrederick D. Glidden - [WP] )
  • Jack Slade - [WP] (publisher house name, pseudonym of Peter B. Germano - [WP] and others)
  • Frank H. Spearman - [WP] (1859–1937)
  • Kai Starr - [WP] (born 1964)
  • John Steinbeck - [WP] (1902–1968)
  • Wallace Stegner - [WP] (1909–1993)
  • Louis J. Stellman - [WP] (1877–1961)
  • Manning Lee Stokes - [WP] (1911–1976), writing as Ford Worth
  • Charles S. Strong - [WP]
  • Gary Svee - [WP] (1943–2019)
  • Glendon Swarthout - [WP] (1918–1992)

T

  • Robert Lewis Taylor - [WP] (1912–1998)
  • David L. Robbins (Oregon writer) - [WP]
  • Harlan Howard Thompson - [WP]
  • Nye Tredgold - [WP]
  • Peter B. Germano - [WP]
    • (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
  • Mark Twain - [WP] [SM-201] (1835–1910)

V

  • Robert Vaughan (author) - [WP]
  • Gerald Vizenor - [WP] , (born 1934)[3]

W

  • Dale L. Walker - [WP] (1935–2015)
  • Charles Marquis Warren - [WP] (1912–1990)
  • Larry Watson (writer) - [WP] (born 1947)
  • Richard S. Wheeler - [WP] (1935–2019)
  • Harry Whittington - [WP] (1915–1989)
  • G. Clifton Wisler - [WP] (1950–2006)
  • Owen Wister - [WP] (1860–1938)
  • Richard Wormser - [WP] (1908–1977)

Z

  • S. Craig Zahler - [WP] (born 1973)

Notes

  1. ↑ "With a Chinese American Gunslinger, He's Challenging the Whiteness of Westerns", The New York Times - [WP], 2021-05-31. 
  2. ↑ B. J. Holmes, "Sadler, Jeff". Twentieth Century Western Writers, edited by Geoff Sadler. Chicago and London, St. James Press, 1991, < ISBN:0-912289-98-8 >, (pp. 611–612).
  3. ↑ Alan R. Velie, "Vizenor, Gerald (Robert)" in Sadler, (1991), pp. 697-99.

See also


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