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)
• Clifton Adams

B

• Todhunter Ballard
• Jack Ballas
• S. Omar Barker
• Dwight Bennett , (pseudonym of Dwight B. Newton )
• Jack M. Bickham
• Johnny D. Boggs
• Frank Bonham , (1914-1988)
• B.M. Bower , (pseudonym of Bertha "Muzzy" Sinclair )
• Max Brand (1892-1944), (Pseudonym of Frederick Schiller Faust)
• Peter Brandvold
• Matt Braun
• Bill Burchardt

C

• Willa Cather, (1873-1947)
• Walter van Tilburg Clark, (1909-1971)
• Don Coldsmith
• Ralph Compton , (1934-1999)
• Robert J. Conley
• James Fenimore Cooper, (1789-1851)
• Barry Cord
• Ralph W. Cotton
• William R. Cox

D

• Peter Dawson (I) , (Pseudonym of Jonathan Glidden )

E

• J.T. Edson
• Allan Vaughan Elston
• Loren D. Estleman
• Max Evans
• Tabor Evans

F

• Cliff Farrell
• Peter Field
• Norman A. Fox
• Steve Frazee , (1909-1992)

G

• Kelly P. Gast
• George C. Gillman
• Edward Gorman
• Zane Grey, (1872-1939)
• Fred Grove , (born 1913)
• Frank Gruber
• Bill Gulick
• A.B. Guthrie, Jr. , (1901-1991)

H

• William Wister Haines
• Oakley Hall
• Michael Hammonds
• Bret Harte (1839–1902)
• Cynthia Haselhoff
• Ernest Haycox
• Will Henry
• Douglas Hirt
• Lee Hoffman
• Roy Hogan
• Robert E. Howard

I

J

• Dorothy M. Johnson
• Terry C. Johnston, (1947-2001)
• William W. Johnstone , (born 1938)
• E.Z.C. Judson (Pseudonym of Ned Buntline)

K

• Leo P. Kelly
• Elmer Kelton , (born 1924)

L

• Louis L'Amour, (1908-1988)
• Stephen Law
• Elmore Leonard, (born 1925)
• Jake Logan
• Giles A. Lutz

M

• Larry McMurtry, (born 1936)
• Clarence E. Mulford
• Nelson Nye

O

• Chad Oliver
• T.V. Olsen, (1932-1993)(Theodore V. Olsen)
• Frank O'Rourke
• Stephen Overholser
• Wayne D. Overholser

P

• Lauran Paine , (born 1916)
• Lewis B. Patten
• Bill Pronzini

Q

R

• John Reese
• Conrad Richter, (1890-1968)
• Frank Roderus , (born 1942)

S

• Jack Schaefer , (1907-1991)
• Charles Alden Seltzer
• Jon Sharpe
• Luke Short , (1908-1975)(Pseudonym of Frederick D. Glidden )
• Robert J. Steelman
• Louis J. Stellman (1877-1961)

T

• David Thompson (I)

U

V

W

• Charles G. West
• Richard S. Wheeler , (born 1935)
• G. Clifton Wisler
• Owen Wister, (1860-1938)

X

Y

• Carter Travis Young

Z

See also

• Western fiction
• Western movie
• List of authors

External Resources

Western Writers of America website: http://www.westernwriters.org/