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M: AUTHORS
 10 names with links, 101 names/pseudonyms without links, 111 total
 Plus __ non-author encyclopedia entries
 Updated 27 September 2003

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."


William MacDonald; full name William Colt MacDonald: Westerns author;
     also writes Mystery/Suspense;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Wolf MacKenna: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Pierce MacKenzie: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Robert MacLeod: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Daniel Mainwaring (1902-1977): {to be done}
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]

E. B. Majors: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Fredrick F. Manfred: {to be done} also writes Mystery/Suspense;

Jason Manning: also writes Speculative Fiction;
Jason Manning

Roy Manning: {to be done}

Tom Manson: Westerns author;
  Novels Edited Include:
     * {to be done}

John Mantley: co-winner, 1978 Spur Award of the 
     Western Writers of America for TV Script: 
     * "How the West Was Won" [1978]
          co-authors: Calvin Clements, John Mantley and Earl W. Wallace 

Frances Marion (1886-1973): {to be done}
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]

David Markson: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Cort Martin: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

L. J. Martin: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Larry J. Martin; Larry Martin: also writes Mystery/Suspense;
Larry Martin homepage

Lee Martin: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Max Martinez, full name Maximiano Martinez (1943-): {to be done}
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]

Dennis J. Marvicsin: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Dee Marvine: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Dan Mason: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Ellen Gray Massey:
Ellen Gray Massey

Zeke Masters: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Richard Matheson: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
     also writes Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Greg Matthews: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Karl May, full name Karl Friedrich May (1842-1912): {to be done}
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]

Wendell Mayes (1919?-1992): {to be done}
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]

Ardath Mayhar: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
     also writes Romance;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Paul K. McAfee: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

W. R. McAfee: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Andrew McBride: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Robert McCaig: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Cormac McCarthy: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Gary McCarthy: also writes Mystery/Suspense;
Gary McCarthy

Susan Evans McCloud: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

John S. McCord:
  * The Baynes Clan Series 
     * Montana Horseman (1990) 
     * Texas Comebacker (1991) 
     * Wyoming Giant (1992) 
     * California Eagles (1995) 
     * Nevada Tough (1996) 

Duff McCoy: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Max McCoy: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Mike McCray: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Jess McCreede: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Peter McCurtin: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Thomas McDevitt: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Thomas M. D. McDevitt: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Kay L. McDonald: Westerns author; also writes Romance;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Frances McElrath: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Dean L. McElwain: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

J. R. McFarland: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Steve McGiffen: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Marjorie M. McGinley: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Tim McGuire:
Tim McGuire
     author's official homepage.

Tom McHugh: winner of the 1972 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     Best Nonfiction: 
     * The Time of the Buffalo [Knopf]

Mac McKee: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Will McLennan: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Jake McMasters: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Larry McMurtry (1936-):
  * Dead Man's Walk (1995) - Prequel 
  * Lonesome Dove (1985) 
  * Streets of Laredo (1993) 

Tom McNab: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

John McPhee: Westerns author; best-known for nonfiction;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

John McQuarrie: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Robert Douglas Mead: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

S. Jean Mead:
 S. Jean Mead at AOL

Leonard Meares: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Mardi Oakley Medawar:
Mardi Oakley Medawar

Joseph Meek: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Peter Menegas: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

D.R. Meredith: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Chad Merriman: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Roy Merritt: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

John Messmann: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Leon C. Metz: Popular lecturer in the Southwest on gunfighters,
     western and military lore.
Leon C. Metz at Readwest
Leon Metz: Western Historian:
   includes listings of the books he has written.

Michael Michaelian and Katharyn M. Powers: winners of the 1976 Spur Awards 
     of the Western Writers of America for TV Script: 
     * "Hatchets Drive" [Columbia Pictures Television]
          tied with "The Macahans" by James T. Byrnes [MGM Television, 1976]

Oscar Micheaux: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Glenn Mikkelsen: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Dawn Miller: Westerns author; also writes Romance;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Jim Miller: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Joaquin Miller (1837-1913): {to be done}
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]

Kelsie R. Miller: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Ray Miller: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Damon Mills: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Robert E. Mills: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Jay Mitchell: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Red Mitchell: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Hank Mitchum: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Sherry Monahan:
Sherry Monahan at wildwestinfo

Gladiola Montana: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Sybil Montana: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Rutherford Montgomery: winner of the 1953 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     Best Juvenile: 
     * The Stubborn One [Duell Sloan & Pearce] 

Ralph Moody: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Arthur Moore: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

John L. Moore: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Lucia Moore: winner of the 1953 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     Best Historical Novel: 
     * The Wheel and the Hearth [Ballantine Books] 

Stanford W. Moore: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Moore Moran: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Lee Morgan: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

W. H. Morrell: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Alan Morris: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Gilbert Morris: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
     also writes Romance; also writes Speculative Fiction;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Brick Mosier: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Robert Moss: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Candy Moulton:
Candy Moulton

Chips Muehl: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Clarence E. Mulford: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Marcia Muller: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Gene Mullins: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Patrick Mulrooney: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Vella Munn: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Terry Murphy: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

D. Fred Murray: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Earl Murray: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Ken Murray: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Stuart Murray: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Barry Myers: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

J. Jay Myers: Westerns author;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}

Walter Dean Myers: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
  Novels Include:
     * {to be done}