The Gunfighters: The Best of the West

by Bill Pronzini (Editor)

Fourteen stories and one poem deal with Billy the Kid, a first gun battle, an unwelcome cardsharp, a young boy's idol, a lonely gunfighter, and a man with a secret past

381 pages, Hardcover

First published November 12, 1987

About the author

Mystery Writers of America Awards "Grand Master" 2008
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1999) for Boobytrap
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) for A Wasteland of Strangers
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1997) for Sentinels
Shamus Awards "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) 1987
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1982) for Hoodwink

Married to author Marcia Muller.

Pseudonyms:
Robert Hart Davis (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
Jack Foxx
William Jeffrey (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
Alex Saxon