Norman Wayne Brown is co-author of A Lawless Breed, John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction, and Violence in the Wild West. Norman has written six books and numerous magazine articles. He writes for True West magazine, Tombstone Epitaph, and Journal of Wild West History Association. He is retired from the Air Force and is a disabled veteran. His second career was with the Texas state parole board and upon retirement, he started writing about Texas and the old west. He resides near Justiceburg, Texas, with his wife Bettie and pets.