John D. Nesbitt is the author of more than forty books, including traditional westerns, crossover western mysteries, contemporary western fiction, retro/noir fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. He has won the Western Writers of America Spur Award four times-twice for paperback novel, once for short story, and once for poem. He has won the Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award twice-once for novel and once for short story. He has been a finalist for the Spur Award twice, the Peacemaker seven times, and the Will Rogers Medallion Award eight times. He has also received two creative writing fellowships with the Wyoming Arts Council-once for fiction, once for nonfiction-and he has won the fiction award four times with the Wyoming State Historical Society. Visit his website at www.johndnesbitt.com
