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1 names with links, 13 names/pseudonyms without links, 14 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."
Will James, full name William Roderick James (1892-1942): {to be done} [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns] Will F. Jenkins, full name William Fitzgerald Jenkins (1896-1975): {to be done} [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns] W. E. Johns, full name William Earle Johns (1893-1968): {to be done} [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns] Annabel and Edgar Johnson: winners of the 1966 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Juvenile Fiction: * The Burning Class [Harper & Row] Dorothy M. Johnson: winner, 1956 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Short Story: * "Lost Sister" [Collier's] Michael L. Johnson : winner, 1996 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Nonfiction-Contemporary: * New Westers: The West in Contemporary American Culture [University Press of Kansas] Terry C. Johnston : winner, 1982 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for Best First Novel): Carry the Wind [Caroline House] Novels: * The TITUS BASS Series: * Carry the Wind [1982] * Borderlands [1985] * One-Eyed Dream [1988] * Dance on the Wind [1995] * Buffalo Palace [1996] * Crack in the Sky [1997] * The PLAINSMEN Series: * Sioux Dawn: A Novel of the Fetterman Massacre [1990] * Red Cloud's Revenge: Showdown on the Northern Plains, 1867 [1990] * The Stalkers: The Battle of Beecher Island, 1868 [1990] * Black Sun: The Battle of Summit Springs, 1869 [1991] * Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872-3 [1991] * Shadow Riders: The Southern Plains Uprising, 1873 [1991] * Blood Song: Battle of Powder River and The Beginning of the Great Sioux War of 1876 [1993] William W. Johnstone: Novels: * The JAMIE IAN MACCALLISTER Series: * Dreams of Eagles [1994] * Talons of Eagles [1995] * Screams of Eagles [1996] * The MOUNTAIN MAN Series (Western):] * Courage of the Mountain Man * Law of the Mountain Man * War of the Mountain Man * The Last Mountain Man [1984] * Return of the Mountain Man [1986] * Trail of the Mountain Man [1987] * Revenge of the Mountain Man [1988] * Journey of the Mountain Man [1989] * Code of the Mountain Man [1991] * Pursuit of the Mountain Man [1991] * The First Mountain Man: Blood on the Divide [1992] * The First Mountain Man: Forty Guns West [1992] * Fury of the Mountain Man [1993] * Absaroka Ambush [1993] * Rage of the Mountain Man [1994] * Cunning of the Mountain [1994] * Power of the Mountain Man [1995] * Cheyenne Challenge [1995] * Spirit of the Mountain Man [1996] * Blood of the Mountain Man [1996] * Ordeal of the Mountain Man [1996] * Triumph of the Mountain Man [1997] Kirby Jonas: "Acclaimed Best Selling Western Author" Kirby Jonas Website has keywords: * Louis L'Amour, author, western, book, books, books on tape, novels, old west, James Drury, The Virginian, cowboy, Idaho, Arizona, western novels. DeWitt Jones: winner, 1976 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Cover Art: * "Canyon Country" [Graphics Art Center] Douglas C. Jones: winner, 1976 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Novel: * The Court Martial of George Armstrong Custer [Scribner's] [tied with The Spirit Horses by Lou Cameron (Ballantine)] also, 1984 and 1986 Spur Awards for Historical Novel: * Gone the Dreams and Dancing [Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984] * Roman [Doubleday, 1986] John Beauchamp Jones (1810-1866): {to be done} [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns] Alvin M. Josephy: winner, 1965 Spur Award of the Western Writers of America for Best Nonfiction: * The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest [Yale University Press] Edward Zane Carroll Judson (1823-1886) : {to be done} [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]