AWARD for APACHE LAMENT
My novel APACHE LAMENT has won the 2019 Elmer Kelton Award for fiction, sponsored by the Academy of Western Artists.
I will receive the award statuette at an April 9 banquet in Fort Worth, Texas.
It's a special honor to receive an award named for the late Elmer Kelton, who was a great writer but an even greater gentleman. I previously received Elmer Kelton Awards for my novels THE BIG DRIFT and DEAD MAN'S BOOT.
APACHE LAMENT is based on the last battle in Texas between a military force and Indians. It's the story of a ranger who lost his wife and unborn child to Mescaleros, and a young Mescalero mother who lost her husband to whites. When they meet in the snows of the Sierra Diablo east of El Paso, it will challenge everything each has believed about the other's race.
For background, I drew upon audio interviews from 1946 with one of the 22 Texas Rangers who participated in that last historic battle.
APACHE LAMENT is available from online booksellers, or by calling the publisher at 1-800-877-4253.
I will receive the award statuette at an April 9 banquet in Fort Worth, Texas.
It's a special honor to receive an award named for the late Elmer Kelton, who was a great writer but an even greater gentleman. I previously received Elmer Kelton Awards for my novels THE BIG DRIFT and DEAD MAN'S BOOT.
APACHE LAMENT is based on the last battle in Texas between a military force and Indians. It's the story of a ranger who lost his wife and unborn child to Mescaleros, and a young Mescalero mother who lost her husband to whites. When they meet in the snows of the Sierra Diablo east of El Paso, it will challenge everything each has believed about the other's race.
For background, I drew upon audio interviews from 1946 with one of the 22 Texas Rangers who participated in that last historic battle.
APACHE LAMENT is available from online booksellers, or by calling the publisher at 1-800-877-4253.
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