T. V. Olsen

Theodore Victor Olsen (b. April 25, 1932, Rhinelander, Wisconsin; d. July 13, 1993, Rhinelander) was an American western fiction author.

Biography

Olsen went to school in Rhinelander and began to write in high school. He began a western novel at that time. Olsen went to college in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He finally finished his novel, Haven of the Hunted, and it was published in 1956. Olsen also began to sell western stories to pulp magazines at this time. Though Olsen would occasionally travel west, he lived his whole life in Rhinelander and would use exhaustive research to help accurately portray scenes of the west in his stories. He died in Rhinelander in 1993 and several works were published posthumously.

Much of T.V. Olsen's family still lives in the Rhinelander region. They own a 300-acre (1.2 km²) ranch with a century old farm house and dairy barn. The family immigrated from Norway in 1901. The Phillip Olsen family moved to California in the 1950s. Phillip Olsen had three sons named John, Larry and Timmy Olsen. Phillip Olsen has five grand children. They are Jeremy Olsen, Maureen Olsen, Katrina Olsen (attends the University of California Berkeley), Issak Olsen and Tori Olsen.

Bibliography

Novels

Western

• Gunswift, Fawcett Books 1/1950, new ed. Center Point Print 7/2006, ISBN 1-5854-7795-1
• Haven of the Hunted, Ace Books 1/1956, new ed. Chivers Press 6/2000, ISBN 0-7540-3839-9
• Man from Nowhere, Ace 1/1959, new ed. Chivers 3/1992, ISBN 0-7451-4515-0
• McGivern, Gold Medal Books 1/1960, new ed. Thorndike Press 4/2001, ISBN 0-7838-9412-6
• High Lawless, Fawcett 1/1960, new ed. Sagebush Westerns 7/2010, ISBN 0-7531-8518-6
• Brand of the Star, Fawcett Gold Medal 1/1961, new ed. Thorndike 4/2011, ISBN 1-4104-3589-7
• Ramrod Rider, Fawcett Gold Medal 1/1961, new ed. Center Point 9/2005, ISBN 1-5854-7644-2
• Savage Sierra, Gold Medal 1963, new ed. Thorndike 3/1998, ISBN 0-7838-8420-2
• Man Called Brazos, Fawcett Gold Medal 1/1964, new ed. Gunsmoke Westerns 8/2005, ISBN 1-4056-8040-0
• Canyon of the Gun, Fawcett Gold Medal 1/1965, new ed. Gunsmoke 9/2007, ISBN 1-4056-8149-0
• Stalking Moon, Doubleday (publisher) 1965, new ed. Leisure Books 5/2010, ISBN 0-8439-4180-7
• The Hard Men, Star Weekly Novel 1/1966, new ed. Gunsmoke 7/2001, ISBN 0-7540-8132-6
• Blizzard Pass, Fawcett 1/1968, new ed. Thorndike 10/2004, ISBN 0-7862-6704-0
• Soldier Blue aka Arrow in the Sun, Star Weekly 1/1970, new ed. Thorndike ISBN 0-7862-5718-8
• Burning Sky, Star Weekly 1/1971, new ed. Chivers 5/1998, ISBN 0-7451-8861-4
• Man Named Yuma, Gold Medal 1/1971, new ed. Chivers 3/2011, ISBN 1-4084-9279-6
• Bitter Grass, Sphere Books 4/1971, ISBN 0-7221-6535-5
• Mission to the West, Ace 1/1973, new ed. Leisure 9/1997, ISBN 0-8439-4308-5
• Eye of the Wolf, Sphere 3/1973, ISBN 0-7221-6538-6
• Run to the Mountain, Fawcett Gold Medal 1/1974, new ed. Gunsmoke 11/2008, ISBN 1-4056-8228-2
• Starbuck's Brand, Belmont Books 1974, new ed. Leisure 11/1997, ISBN 0-8439-4326-9
• Day of the Buzzard, Fawcett Gold Medal 1/1976, new ed. Gunsmoke 1/2009, ISBN 1-4056-8232-9
• Westward They Rode, Ace 1/1976, new ed. Leisure 7/1996, ISBN 0-8439-4021-3
• Track the Man Down, Manor Books 1976, new ed. Leisure 10/1998, ISBN 0-8439-4369-6
• Bonner's Stallion, Fawcett Gold Medal 1/1977, new ed. Center Point 5/2010, ISBN 1-602-85738-4
• Rattlesnake, Doubleday 2/1979, ISBN 0-385-14290-8
• Lockhart Breed, Walker & Company 3/1982, ISBN 0-8027-4006-9
• Red is the River, Fawcett 1/1983, ISBN 0-449-12407-9
• Lazlo's Strike, Doubleday 1/1983, new ed. Gunsmoke 2/2010, ISBN 1-4084-6242-3
• Blood of the Breed, Ulverscroft Print 1/1985, ISBN 0-7089-1262-1
• Lonesome Gun, Fawcett 10/1985, ISBN 0-449-12808-4
• Blood Rage, Ballantine Books 6/1987, ISBN 0-449-13052-0
• Killer is Waiting, Fawcett 2/1988, ISBN 0-449-13058-2
• Break the Young Land, Avon Books 1988, new ed. Center Point 9/2004, ISBN 1-5854-7462-2
• Under the Gun, Fawcett 9/1989, ISBN 0-449-14621-7
• Keno, Chivers 4/1991, ISBN 0-7451-1336-4
• Golden Chance, Fawcett 9/1992, ISBN 0-449-14803-7
• Deadly Pursuit, Thorndike 8/1995, ISBN 0-7862-0507-3, sequel to Golden Chance
• There was a Season, Leisure 10/1994, ISBN 0-8439-3652-0
• Treasures of the Sun, Five Star Publishing Westerns 11/1998, ISBN 0-7862-0995-8
• Lost Colony, Five Star 9/1999, ISBN 0-7862-1582-9
• Vanishing Herd, Five Star 5/2001, ISBN 0-7862-2113-4
• Summer of the Drums, Gunsmoke 11/2006, ISBN 1-4056-8104-9

Other Novels

• Brothers of the Sword, Berkley Books 1962 (Vikings)

Anthologies

• War Whoop and Battle Cry, collection of stories together with Clifton Adams, Clay Fisher and Luke Short, edited by Brian Garfield, Scholastic Corporation 1/1968
• Lone Hand (Frontier Stories), Thorndike 6/1998, ISBN 0-7862-0761-9
• Man without a Past (Frontier Stories), Five Star 11/2001, ISBN 0-7862-2732-7

Non Fiction

Rhinelander Country Series

1. Roots of the North, Pineview Publishing 1979
2. Birth of a City, Pineview 1983, ISBN 9-997-68571-1
3. Our First Hundred Years, Pineview 1983

Filmography

• The Stalking Moon, 1968 directed by Robert Mulligan, with Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint
• Soldier Blue, 1970 directed by Ralph Nelson with Donald Pleasence and Candice Bergen

Awards

• 1992: Golden Spur Award in the category Paperback Original for "Golden Chance"

Weblinks

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/o/t-v-olsen/