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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 is part of a series on Westerns |
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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
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
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
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
- ↑ "With a Chinese American Gunslinger, He's Challenging the Whiteness of Westerns", The New York Times - [WP], 2021-05-31.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Alan R. Velie, "Vizenor, Gerald (Robert)" in Sadler, (1991), pp. 697-99.
See also