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D: AUTHORS
 1 names with links, 26 names/pseudonyms without links, 27 total
 Plus __ non-author encyclopedia entries
 Updated 24 August 2001

Western Writers of America defines "Western" as a genre as:

     "works dependent in whole or in part on settings, 
     characters, conditions, or customs indigenous to 
     the American West or early frontier."


Janet Dailey, full name Janet Ann Dailey (1944-):
     * This Calder Sky [August 1999] Mass Market Paperback
     * Calder Born, Calder Bred [August 1999] Mass Market Paperback 
     * Stands a Calder Man [August 1999] Mass Market Paperback  

Sandra Dallas:
     * Buster Midnight's Cafe [April 1998] Paperback 

Mitchell Dana:
  Novels:
       * The BUSH DAKOTA Series (Gunfighter - Nevada):
              * Beyond the Law  [Avon, 1972]
              * Town Without a Prayer  [Avon, 1972]
              * The Last Buffalo  [Avon, 1973]
              * Gun Shy  [Avon, 1973]
              * Incident in a Texas Towm  [Avon, 1975]
              * Beware the Smiling Stranger  [Avon, 1977]

David Dary: winner, 1981 Spur Award of the 
     Western Writers of America for Nonfiction:
     * Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries [Knopf]
  also, 1995 Spur Award for Nonfiction-Historical: 
     * Seeking Pleasure in the Old West [Alfred Knopf] 

Jim Davidson: winner, 2000 Spur Award of the 
     Western Writers of America for Paperback Original,
     and also Medicine Pipe Bearer Award (First Novel): 
     * Mine Work [Utah State University Press]

Harold Lenoir Davis (1896-1960) : {to be done}
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]

Margaret Leslie Davis: winner, 1993 Spur Award of the 
     Western Writers of America for Nonfiction-Contemporary: 
     * Rivers in the Desert [HarperCollins] 

Ronald L. Davis: winner, 1993 Spur Award of the 
     Western Writers of America for Nonfiction-Biography: 
     * Duke: The Life and Image of John Wayne [University of Oklahoma Press] 

Wayne Davis (M. Evans): winner, 1992 Medicine Pipe Bearer Award of the 
     Western Writers of America for: First Novel:
     * John Stone and the Choctaw Kid

Gordon Dawson: winner, 1987 Spur Award of the 
     Western Writers of America for Screenplay: 
     * "Independence"
   also 2000 Spur Award for Drama Script (Screenplay): 
     * "Purgatory" [Turner Network Television] 

William Decker: winner, 1973 Spur Award of the 
     Western Writers of America for Novel: 
     * The Holdouts [Boston: Little, Brown]

Chuck DeHaan: winner, 1973 Spur Award of the 
     Western Writers of America for Cover Art: 
     * "Winter Songsinger" [Frontier Times]

Chris Demarest:
     * Cowboy A B C [April 1999] Hardcover   

John Demos
  Nonfiction:
     * The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America

Marianna Dengler: winner, 1996 Storyteller Award of the 
     Western Writers of America: 
     * The Worry Stone, story by Marianna Dengler, 
          illustrations by Sibyl Graber Gerig [Northland Publishing] 

H. A. Derosso: 
     * .44 [February 1998] Mass Market Paperback  

Andrew Dequasie: winner, 1979 Spur Award (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award)
     of the Western Writers of America: 
     * Thirsty [Walker & Co.] 

Pete Dexter:
     * Deadwood [December 1990] Paperback  

Patti Dickinson:
Patti Dickinson
  Official website for the author includes information on:
  * her latest books
  * schedule of appearances.

Richard Dillon: winner, 1973 Spur Award of the 
     Western Writers of America for Nonfiction: 
     * Burnt Out Fires [Prentice-Hall]

David Dixon: winner, 1994 Spur Award of the 
     Western Writers of America for Nonfiction-Biography: 
     * Hero of Beecher Island: Life & Military Career of George A. Forsyth 
          [University of Nebraska Press] 

Tennessee Dixon: winner, 1989 Spur Award of the 
     Western Writers of America for Cover Art: 
     * "Berchick" [Volcano Press] 

E. L. Doctorow, E. L. (1931-) : {to be done}
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]

Ivan Doig: Westerns author {to be done}

Sybil Downing: Westerns author {to be done}

Arthur Drooker: winner of the 1998 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for Documentary Script: 
     * "George Armstrong Custer" by Arthur Drooker [Drooker Productions]
          [tied with "Lewis & Clark" by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan 
          (Florentine Films)] 
   also 2000 Spur Award for Documentary Script (Screenplay):
      * : "Annie Oakly: Crackshot in Petticoats"  

Dayton Duncan: winner of the 1998 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for Documentary Script: 
     * "Lewis & Clark" by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan [Florentine Films] 
             [tied with  "George Armstrong Custer" by Arthur Drooker
              (Drooker Productions)]