List of Western fiction authors

Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres.

A

• Andy Adams, (1859-1935)
• Clifton Adams
  

  B

• Todhunter Ballard
• Jack Ballas
• S. Omar Barker
• Dwight Bennett, (pseudonym of Dwight B. Newton)
• Jack M. Bickham
• Johnny D. Boggs
• Frank Bonham, (1914-1988)
• B.M. Bower, (pseudonym of Bertha "Muzzy" Sinclair)
• Max Brand (1892-1944), (Pseudonym of Frederick Schiller Faust)
• Peter Brandvold
• Matt Braun
• Bill Burchardt
  

  C

• Willa Cather, (1873-1947)
• Walter van Tilburg Clark, (1909-1971)
• Don Coldsmith
• Ralph Compton, (1934-1999)
• Robert J. Conley
• James Fenimore Cooper, (1789-1851)
• Barry Cord
• Ralph W. Cotton
• William R. Cox
  

  D

• Peter Dawson (I), (Pseudonym of Jonathan Glidden)
  

  E

• J.T. Edson
• Allan Vaughan Elston
• Loren D. Estleman
• Max Evans
• Tabor Evans
  

  F

• Cliff Farrell
• Peter Field
• Norman A. Fox
• Steve Frazee, (1909-1992)
  

  G

• Kelly P. Gast
• George C. Gillman
• Edward Gorman
• Zane Grey, (1872-1939)
• Fred Grove, (born 1913)
• Frank Gruber
• Bill Gulick
• A.B. Guthrie, Jr, (1901-1991)
  

  H

• William Wister Haines
• Oakley Hall
• Michael Hammonds
• Bret Harte (1839–1902)
• Cynthia Haselhoff
• Ernest Haycox
• Will Henry
• Douglas Hirt
• Lee Hoffman
• Roy Hogan
• Robert E. Howard

  I

  J

• Dorothy M. Johnson
• Terry C. Johnston, (1947-2001)
• William W. Johnstone, (born 1938)
• E.Z.C. Judson (Pseudonym of Ned Buntline)
  

  K

• Leo P. Kelly
• Elmer Kelton, (born 1924)
  

  L

• Louis L'Amour, (1908-1988)
• Stephen Law
• Elmore Leonard, (born 1925)
• Jake Logan
• Giles A. Lutz
  

  M

• Larry McMurtry, (born 1936)
• Clarence E. Mulford
• Nelson Nye
  

  O

• Chad Oliver
• T.V. Olsen, (1932-1993)(Theodore V. Olsen)
• Frank O'Rourke
• Stephen Overholser
• Wayne D. Overholser
  

  P

• Lauran Paine, (born 1916)
• Lewis B. Patten
• Bill Pronzini
  

  Q

  R

• John Reese
• Conrad Richter, (1890-1968)
• Frank Roderus, (born 1942)
  

  S

• Jack Schaefer, (1907-1991)
• Charles Alden Seltzer
• Jon Sharpe
• Luke Short, (1908-1975)(Pseudonym of Frederick D. Glidden)
• Robert J. Steelman
• Louis J. Stellman (1877-1961)
  

  T

• David Thompson (I)
  

  U

  V

  W

• Charles G. West
• Richard S. Wheeler, (born 1935)
• G. Clifton Wisler
• Owen Wister, (1860-1938)
  

  X

  Y

• Carter Travis Young
  

  Z

  See also

• Western fiction
• Western movie
• List of authors

  External Resources

  
  Western Writers of America website: http://www.westernwriters.org/