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2024 Spur Award finalist
Western Writers of America (WWA) has named my novel "Grizzly Moon" a finalist for the prestigious 2024 Spur Award for western traditional novel.
Since 1953 the Spur Awards have honored the nation's most outstanding works in western literature. My novel "The Big Drift" won the Spur Award in 2015, and another of my novels, "When Cowboys Die," was a finalist in 1995.
WWA will honor the 2024 finalists at its June convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I'm grateful to WWA and to Tiffany Schofield of Five Star/Cengage, which published "Grizzly Moon."
"Grizzly Moon" is based on the actual 1899 hunt for the only confirmed grizzly ever found in Texas. Historical Novel Society called it "a classic western novel which will appeal to fans of the genre . . . The predominant themes include tragedy, guilt, heartbreak and questionable desire for revenge."
Since 1953 the Spur Awards have honored the nation's most outstanding works in western literature. My novel "The Big Drift" won the Spur Award in 2015, and another of my novels, "When Cowboys Die," was a finalist in 1995.
WWA will honor the 2024 finalists at its June convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I'm grateful to WWA and to Tiffany Schofield of Five Star/Cengage, which published "Grizzly Moon."
"Grizzly Moon" is based on the actual 1899 hunt for the only confirmed grizzly ever found in Texas. Historical Novel Society called it "a classic western novel which will appeal to fans of the genre . . . The predominant themes include tragedy, guilt, heartbreak and questionable desire for revenge."
