Western novelist Peter Brandvold was born and raised in North Dakota. He has penned over 90 fast-action westerns under his own name and several pen names, including Frank Leslie. He wrote 30 books in the popular, long-running Longarm series for Berkley. He is the author of the ever-popular .45-Caliber books featuring Cuno Massey as well as the Lou Prophet and Yakima Henry novels. The Ben Stillman books are a long-running series with previous volumes available as ebooks. Head honcho at "Mean Pete Publishing," publisher of lightning-fast western ebooks, he has lived all over the American West but currently lives in western Minnesota with his dog.