List of Western fiction authors

This is a list of some notable authors in the western fiction genre.

Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres.

A

• Andy Adams (1859–1935)

B

• Todhunter Ballard (1903–1980)
• F. Eugene Barber (Fred Eugene Barber) (born 1931)
• S. Omar Barker (1894–1985)
• Rex Beach (1877–1949)
• Don Bendell (born 1947)
• Tom W. Blackburn (1913–1992)
• Win Blevins
• William Blinn (born 1937)
• Stephen Bly (1944-2011)
• Johnny D. Boggs (born 1962)
• Frank Bonham (1914–1988)
• Allan R. Bosworth (1901–1986)
• B. M. Bower (1871–1940), (Pseudonym of Bertha "Muzzy" Sinclair)
• Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
• James Edwin Branch (born 1952)
• Max Brand (1892–1944), (Pseudonym of Frederick Schiller Faust)
• Lyle Brandt (born 1951), (Pseudonym of Michael Newton)
• Peter Brandvold (Pseudonym, Frank Leslie)
• Matt Braun (born 1932)
• Bill Brooks{1942)
• Dee Brown (1908–2002)
• Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)
• Terry W. Burns (born 1942)
• Elizabeth Butler (Pseudonym of Eva Ridenour)

C

• David Wynford Carnegie (1871–1900)
• Willa Cather (1873–1947)
• Robert W. Chambers (Robert William Chambers) (1865–1933)
• Tim Champlin (John Michael Champlin) (born 1937)
• A.M. Chisholm (1872–1960)
• Walter van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971)
• Walt Coburn (1889-1971)
• Don Coldsmith, (1926–2009)
• Jackson Cole (Pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
• Ralph Compton (1934–1999)
• Robert J. Conley, (born 1940)
• Will Cook (William Everett Cook) (1921-1964)
• Courtney Ryley Cooper (1886–1940)
• James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)
• Barry Cord (Pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
• William Robert Cox
• Elizabeth Crook (born 1959)
• Dan Cushman (1909-2001)

D

• R. Bentley Davies
• Randy Denmon
• H.A. DeRosso (1917-1960)
• J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964)
• Harry Sinclair Drago

E

• J. T. Edson (born 1928)
• Edward S. Ellis (Edward Sylvester Ellis) (1840–1916)
• Allan Vaughan Elston (1887-1976)
• Loren D. Estleman (born 1952)
• Max Evans
• Wade Everett

F

• Andrew J. Fenady
• T.T. Flynn (1902-1978)
• Steve Frazee (1909-1992)

G

• Kathleen O'Neal Gear, (born 1954)
• W. Michael Gear, (born 1955)
• George G. Gilman
• Arthur Henry Gooden, (1879–1971)
• Edward Gorman, (born 1941)
• Patricia Probert Gott
• Dorien Grey
• Zane Grey (1872–1939)
• James J. Griffin (born 1949)
• Fred Grove (1913-2008)
• Frank Gruber, (1904–1969)
• Charles A. Gunnison (1861–1897)
• A.B. Guthrie, Jr. (1901–1991)
• Donald Gallinger

H

• Mel Hague
• William Wister Haines (1908–1989)
• Angelo Hall (1868–1922)
• Wilbur Hall (1883-1948)
• Oakley Hall (1920–2008)
• D.M. Harrison (Diana Harrison)
• Bret Harte (1836–1902)
• Cynthia H. Haseloff
• Travis Haselton
• Ernest Haycox (1899–1950)
• Will Henry (Henry Wilson Allen) (1912–1991)
• Jean Henry-Mead
• Tony Hillerman (1925–2008)
• Doug Hocking (born 1950)
• Lee Hoffman (1932–2007)
• Ray Hogan (author)
• L.P. Holmes
• Robert J. Horton
• Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
• Clair Huffaker
• Min-Woo Hyung

J

• Rye James [1]
• Will James, (1892–1942)
• Mike Jameson
• Dorothy M. Johnson (1905–1984)
• Terry C. Johnston (1947–2001)
• J.A. Johnstone
• William W. Johnstone (1938-2004)
• Cameron Judd
• E.Z.C. Judson (Pseudonym of Ned Buntline)

K

• Day Keene (Pseuodym of Gunard Hjertstedt), (1904-1969)
• Jim Kane (Pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
• Mike Kearby
• Elmer Kelton (1926–2009)
• Charles King (1844–1933)

L

• Louis L'Amour (1908–1988)
• Karl Lassiter
• Steven Law (born 1966) [2]
• Wayne C. Lee
• Alan LeMay (1899-1964)
• Elmore Leonard (born 1925)
• Chuck Lewis (born 1936)
• Jake Logan (author)
• Noel M. Loomis (1905-1979)
• Milton Lott
• Giles A. Lutz (1910–1982)

M

• Jack Martin (born 1965) AKA Gary Dobbs
• Kat Martin
• Walt Masterson
• Karl May
• Richard Matheson (born 1926)
• Cormac McCarthy
• Lucile Saunders McDonald (1898–1992)
• Michael McGarrity (born 1939)
• Tim McGuire
• Larry McMurtry (born 1936)
• Everett McNeil (1862–1929)
• Leonard Frank Meares
• Ross Morton (born 1948) AKA Nik Morton
• William Byron Mowery (1899-1957)
• Clarence Edward Mulford (1883–1956)
• Scott Meador (born 1974)

N

• Ray Nafziger (?-1946)
• John D. Nesbitt (born 1948)
• Frederick Nolan
• Frank Norris (1870–1902)
• Andre Norton (1912–2005)

O

• Chad Oliver (1928–1993)
• T.V. Olsen (Theodore V. Olsen) (1932–1993)
• Frank O'Rourke (1906–1989)
• Wayne D. Overholser, (1906–1996)

P

• Lauran Paine (born 1916)
• Robert B. Parker (1932-2010)
• Lewis B. Patten (1915–1981)
• Bill Pronzini (born 1943)

R

• William MacLeod Raine (1871–1954)
• Robert J Randisi (born 1951)
• James Reasoner (pseudonym, L.J. Washburn)
• John H. Reese (1910–1981) (pseudonyms Eddie Abbott, John Jo Carpenter, Camford Cheavly, Camford Sheaveley & Camford Sheavely (chron.)) [3]
• Dusty Richards (born 1937)
• John E. Richman (born 1947)
• Conrad Richter (1890–1968)
• Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942)
• Dana Fuller Ross
• Zola Helen Ross (born 1912)
• Reid L Rosenthal (born 1953)

S

• Jeff Sadler, (born 1943). (Pseudonym of Geoff Sadler; also writes under name of Wes Calhoun).
• Les Savage, Jr. (1922–1958)
• Jack Schaefer (1907–1991)
• Bradford Scott
• Jon Sharpe
• Jory Sherman
• Luke Short (1908–1975) (Pseudonym of Frederick D. Glidden)
• Jack Slade (publisher house name, pseudonym of Peter B. Germano and others)
• Cotton Smith
• Frank H. Spearman (1859–1937)
• Kai Starr (born 1964) [4]
• Charlie Steel
• John Steinbeck (1902–1968)
• Louis J. Stellman (1877–1961)
• Gary Svee (born 1943)

T

• David Thompson
• Nye Tredgold
• Clay Turner (Pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
• Chuck Tyrell (pen name of Charles T. Whipple)

U

• Wayne Ude, (born 1943)

V

• Robert Vaughan
• Andrey Veter
• Gerald Vizenor, (born 1934)

W

• Dale L. Walker, (born 1935)
• Richard S. Wheeler, (born 1935)
• Charles G. West
• Cherry Wilson (? -1976)
• G. Clifton Wisler
• Owen Wister (1860–1938)

Y

• R.G. Yoho
• Gordon Young (1886-1948)

See also

• Western fiction
• Western movie
• List of authors
• Western Writers of America