H: AUTHORS
4 names with links, 42 names/pseudonyms without links, 46 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."
Charles Hackenberry: winner, 1993 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Western Novel: * Friends [M. Evans] Francis Haines: winner, 1964 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Nonfiction: * The Buffalo [Crowell] Jack Haley, Jr.: winner, 1994 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Documentary Script: * "One Hundred Years of Hollywood Westerns" by Jack Haley Jr., Phil Savenik and Aubrey Solomon [Jack Haley Jr. Productions] Alice J. Hall: winner, 1969 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Short Subject (Nonfiction): * "Buffalo Bill and the Enduring West" [National Geographic Magazine] James Hall (1793-1868) : {to be done} [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns] Oakley M. Hall: Westerns author; winner, 1982 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Short Subject (Fiction): * "Horseman" [Antioch Review] Novels: * Separations (Western Literature Series) [April 1997] Paperback Olga Hall-Quest: winner, 1969 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Juvenile Nonfiction: * Conquistadores and Pueblos [Dutton] F. F. Halloran: winner, 1964 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Historical Novel: * Indian Fighter [Ballantine] William Wister Hames: winner, 1961 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Historical Novel: * The Winter War [Little, Brown] Pete Hamill: winner, 1971 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Movie Script: * "Doc" Donald Hamilton: winner of the 1967 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Short Material: * "The Guns of William Longley" [Gold Medal Books WWA Anthology] Lynn Haney: winner, 1975 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Juvenile Nonfiction: * Ride 'Em Cowgirl [Putnam's] Madge Harrah: winner, 1973 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Juvenile Fiction: * Honey Girl John Harrell: winner, 1973 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Short Subject: * "The Comancheros" [New Mexico Magazine] Frank Harris (1856-1931) : {to be done} [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns] Jim Harris: Western Illustrator; winner, 1999 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Storyteller: * Slim & Miss Prim by Robert Kinerk; Illustrator Jim Harris [Rising Moon] Mark Jonathan Harris: winner, 1981 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Juvenile: * The Last Run [Lothrop, Lee Shepard] Bret Harte (1836?-1902) : {to be done} [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns] Cynthia Haseloff: Westerns author; winner, 1998 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Western Novel: * The Kiowa Verdict [Five Star] Other Novels: * Satanta's Woman [UNABRIDGED Audio Cassette] [June 1999] Gerald W. Haslam (1937-) : {to be done} [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns] John Hawgood: winner of the 1967 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Nonfiction: * America's Western Frontiers [Knopf] John Michael Hayes (1919-) : {to be done} [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns] Lee Head: winner, 1981 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Novel: * Horizon [Putnam's] [tied with Eye of the Hawk by Elmer Kelton (Doubleday)] James B. Hendryx (1880-1963): James B. Hendryx * Lists 50+ novels of West, North, and especially Yukon Gold Rush. * Fan mailing list information * biographical material Will Henry: Will Henry home page winner, 1963 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Historical Novel: * Gates of the Mountains [Random House] also, winner, 1962 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Short Story: * "Isley's Stranger" [Doubleday WWA Anthology] also, winner, 1965 Spur Award for Best Short Material: * "Tallest Indian in Toltepec" by Will Henry [Berkley] also, winner, 1972 Spur Award for Historical Novel: * Chiricahua [Lippincott] Pamela Herr: winner of the 1987 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Nonfiction: * Jessie Benton Fremont [Franklin Watts] Tony Hillerman: winner of the 1987 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Western Novel: * Skinwalker [Harper & Row] Suzanne Hilton: winner of the 1967 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Juvenile: * Getting There: Frontier Travel Without Power [Westminster Press] Charlotte Hinger: winner of the 1986 Medicine Pipe Bearer Award of the Western Writers of America (for First Novel): * Come Spring [Simon & Schuster] Douglas Hirt: Douglas Hirt also writes under the pseudonyms "Doug Hawkins" and "Jason Elder" Sid Hite: * Stick and Whittle [September 2000] Hardcover Will Hobbs: winner of the 1996 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Juvenile Fiction: * Far North [William Morrow & Co.] Laura Z. Hobson, full name Laura Zametkin Hobson (1900-1986): {to be done} [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns] Lee Hoffman: winner of the 1967 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Novel: * The Valdez Horses [Doubleday] Stan Hoig: winner of the 1967 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Nonfiction: * The Peace Chief of the Cheyennes [University of Oklahoma Press] William Hopson: Westerns author {to be done} Paul Horgan: Westerns author: winner, 1975 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Nonfiction: * Lamy of Santa Fe [Farrar Straus & Giroux] Emerson Hough (1857-1923): {to be done} [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns] Lance Howard: Lance Howard/Golden Perils Homepage website features: * the western writings of author Howard Hopkins writing as Lance Howard * Howard Hopkins' e-book novels: * The Last Draw * The Devil's Peacemaker * The Dark Riders and Grimm Robert West Howard: winner, 1957 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Nonfiction: * This is the West [New American Library] Andrew Huebner: * American by Blood : A Novel [March 2000] Hardcover Clair Huffaker: Westerns author {to be done} * The Cowboy and the Cossack [Library Binding: February 1996] Stella Hughes: winner, 1956 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Nonfiction: * Hashknife Cowboy: Recollections of Mack Hughes [University of Arizona Press] John Clinton Hunt: winner, 1956 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Historical Novel: * Generations of Men [Little, Brown] John Hunter: winner, 1956 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Movie Script: * "The Grey Fox" Paul Andrew Hutton: winner, 1985 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Nonfiction: * Phil Sheridan and His Army [University of Nebraska Press]