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 7 names with links, 48 names/pseudonyms without links, 55 total
 Plus __ non-author encyclopedia entries
 Updated 10 October 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."


Vera Saban: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * The Westering-Jamie [June 1996]

Amy Sadler: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Dead Is Forever [Mar 1999]

Jeff Sadler: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Palomino Stud [June 1997]
     * Soledad [Mar 2000]

Richard Sale: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * The White Buffalo

Lee Samuels: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Dead Man's Trail [Apr 2000]
     * Track the Man Down [Dec 1999]

Leonard Sanders: Westerns author; also writes Mystery/Suspense;
  Novels:
     * Star of Empire [Dec 1993]

Mari Sandoz: winner of the 1963 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     Best Juvenile: 
     * The Story Catcher [West Minster Press]
          tied with 
          * The Great Spoon by Sid (A.E.) Fleischman [Little, Brown] 
  Novels:
     * Capital City [May 1982]

Steve Sanfield: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * The Great Turtle Drive [May 1996]

James Sannes: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Treasure of the Anasazi Indians [Jan 2003]

Ross Santee: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Cowboy

William Sarabande: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Spirit Moon: The First Americans [Aug 2000]
     * To the Far Horizon [Feb 2003]

Jules Sarret: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Lightning

Douglas Savage: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Cedar City Rendezvous [June 1995]
     * Highpockets [June 1998] [co-author Joseph Savage]
     * The Sons of Grady Rourke [Nov 1995]

Les Savage, Jr.: Westerns author; prolific;
  Novels:
     * The Bloody Quarter [Nov 1999]
     * The Cavan Breed [June 2003]
     * Coffin Gap [May 1997]
     * Copper Bluffs [Jan 1999]
     * Danger Rides the River [Aug 2002]
     * The Devil's Corral [Jan 2003]
     * Fire Dance at Spider Rock [Nov 1995]
     * Gambler's Row [Feb 2002]
     * Hangtown
     * In the Land of Little Sticks: North-Western Stories [Aug 2000]
     * The Lash of Senorita Scorpion [July 1998]
     * The Legend of Senorita Scorpion [July 1996]
     * Medicine Wheel [Aug 1996]
     * Phantoms in the Night [Nov 1998]
     * The Return of of Senorita Scorpion: A Western Trio [July 1997]
     * The Shadow in Renegade Basin: A Western Trio [June 2001]
     * Silver Street Woman [July 1995]
     * Table Rock [Nov 1993]
     * The Trail
     * Treasure of the Brasada [Jan 2000]
     * West of Laramie [May 2003]

Frank Scarman: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Bitter Journey [Jan 2000]
     * The Conrad Posse [June 1999]

Jack Schaefer (1907-1991): Westerns author;
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]
  Novels:
     * Collected Stories of Jack Schaefer
     * Company of Cowards
     * First Blood and Other Stories
     * Monte Walsh [July 1981]
     * Shane: The Critical Edition [June 1984]
     * Shane [July 1949]

James Schamus: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Ride With the Devil [Sep 1999]

Nancy Schaut
Nancy Schaut at ReadTheWest.com
  Web site includes cowboy collectibles, monthly column, Q&A,
  Western collectibles message board, and author's books.
 Books include:
     * Collecting the Old West [nonfiction]
     
Paul F. Sharp: winner of the 1955 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     Best Nonfiction: 
     * Shoot-Up Country [University of Minnesota Press]

Joseph T. Shaw (1874-1952): {to be done}
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]

Harold Schecter: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Deranged [Oct 1990]

Gene Shelton:
  * The Texas Legends Series 
     * Last Gun: The Legend of John Selman [Doubleday, 1991] 
     * Captain Jack: The Story of John Coffee Hayes [Doubleday, 1991] 
     * Rawhider: The Story of Print Olive [Doubleday, 1992] 

Lola Shelton: winner of the 1964 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     Best Short Story:
     * "Log Studio of C.M. Russell" [American Scene Magazine]

Jory Sherman: {to be done}

Frederick Schwatda: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Among the Apaches [June 1974]

Bradford Scott: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Dead Man's Trail [Apr 2000]

Leslie Scott: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Lone Star Cowboy [Nov 1998]
     * Terror Stalks the Border [Aug 2002]

Lin Searles: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Cliff Rider

Michael Senuta: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Incident at Copper Creek [Feb 2003]

John Sharpe: Westerns author; very prolific (over 200 novels?);
     best known for 3 novel series:
     * Canyon O'Grady
     * The Trailsman
     * The Trailsman Giant
  Novels:
     * Abilene Ambush
     * Ambush at Skull Pass
     * Apache Gold
     * Apache Arrows
     * Apace Wells
     ...
     * MANY more {to be done}

Thomas Shaw: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Rough Shod

Beverly Shearer: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Love Came Calling [May 1999]

J. A. Shears: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Fire in the Sky
     * Lady With a Gun

Cole Shelby: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Thunder Valley [Oct 1992]

Gene Shelton: Westerns author;
     best known for the "Texas legends" series;
  Novels:
     * Captain Jack
     * Devil's Deathbed [Mar 1995]
     * Track of the Snake / Day of the Scorpion [Double-Barrel Western]
     * Hangtree Pass: Texas Horsetrading Company [Aug 1998]
     * How the West Was Lost [Nov 1996]
     * Manhunter: The Life and Times of Frank Hamer [Oct 1997]
     * Skull Creek: Texas Horsetrading Company [Nov 1998]
     * Tascosa Gun: The Story of Jim East [Dec 1999]
     * Texas Horsetrading Company [May 1998]
     * Texas Horsetrading Company: Hangtree Pass [Aug 1998]
     * Unwanted: Dead or Alive

Jack Sheriff: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * The Man from Staked Plains [Oct 1999]

Joel Sherman: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * The Rio Grande [Dec 1994]

Jory Sherman: prolific Westerns author; also writes Speculative Fiction;
     also writes Romance; roughly 50 novels;
     best known for 4 continuing series:
     * Barons
     * Buckskinners
     * Gunn
     * Rivers West
  Novels:
     * Apache Arrows
     * Arizona Hardcase
     * The Ballad of Pinewood Lake
     * The Baron Brand
     * The Baron Range
     * The Barons of Texas
     * The Baron War
     * Bedroll Beauty
     * Blood Warriors
     * Blood Justice
     * Boothill Bounty
     * The Brazos
     * The Buff Runners
     * Columbia River
     * The Dark Land
     * Dawn of Revenge
     * Death's Head Trail
     * Drygulchen
     * Duel in Purgatory
     * Frontier Fanny
     * MANY more {to be done}

David Shifren: Westerns author;
  Novels:
     * Clay's Justice [Nov 2000]

Glenn Shirley:
Glenn Shirley at readwest

John Shirley: Westerns author; also writes Science Fiction
     also writes Mystery/Suspense;
  Novels:
     * Silicon Embrace [Oct 1996]

Gordon D. Shirreffs: Westerns author;
     best known for the "Manhunter" series;
  Novels:
     * The Apache Hunter [Nov 1995]
     * Barranca
     * Blood Justice
     * Bold Legend
     * The Border Guidon
     * Bowman's Kid [Oct 1995]
     * Brasada [Mar 1993]
     * Bugles on the Prairie
     * MANY more {to be done}

Bertrand William Sinclair (1881-1972): {to be done}
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]

John L. Sinclair: winner of the 1977 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     Best Short Subject: 
     * "Where the Cowboys Hunkered Down" [New Mexico Magazine]

Charles A. Siringo (1855-1928): {to be done}
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]

Richard W. Slatta:
Richard W. Slatta at NCSU

Cotton Smith:
Cotton Smith at readwest

Gladys Smith:
Gladys Smith: 
     * Winner of 1999 Willa Cather Literary Award. 
     * Novels of adventure, courage, and compassion set in the 
          frontier wilderness of Idaho and Montana.

Cecil Snyder: winner of the 1969 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     First Western Novel: 
     * Big With Vengeance [Ballantine]
 
C. L. Sonnichsen:  winner of the 1974 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     Best Nonfiction:
     * Colonel Green and the Copper Skyrocket [University of Arizona] 
  winner of the 1976 Spur Award for Short Subject: 
     * "Jonathan Gilliam & The White Man's Burden" [Persimmon Hill] 

Virginia Sorensen (1912-1991): {to be done}
     [listed in Gale literary databases for Westerns]

Robert J. Steelman: {to be done}

Stan Steiner: winner of the 1972 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     Best Juvenile Nonfiction: 
     * The Tiguas [Crowell-Collier] 
  winner of the 1976 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     Best Nonfiction: 
     * The Vanishing Whiteman [Harper & Row] 

Irving Stone: winner of the 1956 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     Best Nonfiction: 
     * Men to Match My Mountains [Doubleday]

Carter Swart:
Carter Swart at as.net

Miles (Glendon) Swarthout:
Miles (Glendon) Swarthout home page
     winner of the 1975 Spur Award
     of the Western Writers of America for
     Best Novel: 
     * The Shootist [Doubleday]