List of Western fiction authors

__NOTOC__ • Edward Abbey (1927–1989) • Maria Dolores Acevedo (1932-1998) • Andy Adams (1859–1934) • William Lacey Amy (1877-1962) • Rudolfo Anaya (1937–2020) ==B==

• Todhunter Ballard (1903–1980) • S. Omar Barker (1894–1985) • Rex Beach (1877–1949) • James Warner Bellah (1899–1976) • Don Bendell (born 1947) • Tom W. Blackburn (1913–1992) • James Carlos Blake (1943–2025) • William Blinn (1937–2020) • Stephen Bly (1944–2011) • Frank Bonham (1914–1988) • Allan R. Bosworth (1901–1986) • Peter Bowen (1945–2020) • B.M. Bower (1871–1940), (pseudonym of Bertha "Muzzy" Sinclair) • Leigh Brackett (1915–1978) • Max Brand (1892–1944), (pseudonym of Frederick Schiller Faust) • Lyle Brandt (1951–2021), (pseudonym of Michael Newton) • Peter Brandvold, (pseudonym, Frank Leslie) • Matt Braun (1932–2016) • Dee Brown (1908–2002) • Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) • Walter Noble Burns (1866–1932) ==C==

• Daniel Carlson (born 1963) • David Wynford Carnegie (1871–1900) • Forrest Carter (1925–1979) • David F. Case (1937–2018) • Frank Castle (1910-1994) • Willa Cather (1873–1947) • Robert W. Chambers (Robert William Chambers) (1865–1933) • A.M. Chisholm (1871–1960) • Walter van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971) • Walt Coburn (1889–1971) • Don Coldsmith (1926–2009) • Jackson Cole, (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano) • Ralph Compton (1934–1999) • Robert J. Conley (1940–2014) • Will Cook (William Everett Cook) (1921–1964) • Courtney Ryley Cooper (1886–1940) • James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) • Barry Cord, (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano) • Ralph Cotton • William R. Cox (1901–1988) • Bill Crider (1941–2018) • Elizabeth Crook (born 1959) • James Oliver Curwood (1878–1926) ==D==

• Sandra Dallas • H. L. Davis (1894–1960) • John Deacon • J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964) • Gary Dobbs (born 1965) • Ivan Doig (1939–2015) • Harry Sinclair Drago ==E==

• J. T. Edson (1928–2014) • Edward S. Ellis (Edward Sylvester Ellis) (1840–1916) • Louise Erdrich • Loren D. Estleman (born 1952) • Wade Everett, (pseudonym of Will Cook, Giles A. Lutz) ==F==

• Edna Ferber (1885–1968) • Norman A. Fox (1911–1960) • Ron Franscell (born 1957) ==G==

• Brian Garfield (1939–2018) • Kathleen O'Neal Gear (born 1954) • W. Michael Gear (born 1955) • George G. Gilman, (pseudonym of Terry Williams Harknett) (1936–2019) • Jean Giraud (1938–2012) • Arthur Henry Gooden (1879–1971) • Edward Gorman (1941–2016) • Jackson Gregory (1882–1943) • Dorien Grey • Zane Grey (1872–1939) • James J. Griffin (born 1949) • Jesse Edward Grinstead (1866–1948) • Fred Grove (1913–2008) • Frank Gruber (1904–1969) • A.B. Guthrie, Jr. (1901–1991) ==H==

• Derek Haas (born 1970) • Mel Hague • William Wister Haines (1908–1989) • Oakley Hall (1920–2008) • Donald Hamilton (1916–2006) • Ron Hansen (novelist) (born 1947) • Bret Harte (1836–1902) • Kent Haruf (1943–2014) • Ernest Haycox (1899–1950) • Will Henry (Henry Wilson Allen) (1912–1991) • Tony Hillerman (1925–2008) • Lee Hoffman (1932–2007) • Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) • Clair Huffaker (1926–1990) ==I==

• Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) • Washington Irving (1783–1859) ==J==

• Will James, (1892–1942) • Paulette Jiles (1943–2025) • Craig Johnson (born 1961) • Dorothy M. Johnson (1905–1984) • Terry C. Johnston (1947–2001) • William W. Johnstone (1938–2004) • E.Z.C. Judson, (pseudonym of Ned Buntline) ==K==

• Jim Kane (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano) • Mike Kearby • Elmer Kelton (1926–2009) • Charles King (1844–1933) ==L==

• Oliver La Farge (1901–1963) • Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) • Marcial Lafuente Estefanía (1903–1984), (his pen name, M.L. Estefanía, was later borrowed by his sons) • Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951) • Elmore Leonard (1925–2013) • Chuck Lewis (born 1963) • Tom Lin (born ) • Jake Logan (author) • Milton Lott (1919–1996) • Giles A. Lutz (1910–1982) • Francis Lynde (1856–1930) • Stan Lynde ==M==

• Milo Manara (born 1945) • Kat Martin • Richard Matheson (1926–2013) • Karl May (1842–1912) • Ardath Mayhar (1930–2012) • Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023) • Lucile Saunders McDonald (1898–1992) • Michael McGarrity (born 1939) • Thomas McGuane (born 1939) • Larry McMurtry (1936–2021) • Leonard Frank Meares • Joaquin Miller (1837–1913) • Balduin Möllhausen (1825–1905) • Clarence Edward Mulford (1883–1956) ==N==

• John D. Nesbitt (born 1948) • Frederick Nolan (1931–2022) • Frank Norris (1870–1902) • Andre Norton (1912–2005) • Nelson Nye (Nelson C.(Coral) Nye) (1907–1997) ==O==

• Chad Oliver (1928–1993) • T.V. Olsen (Theodore V. Olsen) (1932–1993) • Frank O'Rourke (1906–1989) • Wayne D. Overholser (1906–1996) ==P==

• Lauran Paine (1916–2001) • Robert B. Parker (1932–2010) • Lewis B. Patten (1915–1981) • Charles Portis (1933–2020) • Bill Pronzini (born 1943) • Annie Proulx (born 1935) ==R==

• William MacLeod Raine (1871–1954) • Robert J Randisi (1951–2024) • James Reasoner (born 1953) • John H. Reese (1910–1981), (pseudonyms Eddie Abbott, John Jo Carpenter, Camford Cheavly, Camford Sheaveley & Camford Sheavely (chron.)) • Conrad Richter (1890–1968) • Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942) • Dana Fuller Ross (born 1953) • Zola Helen Ross (1912–1989) • James L. Rubel (1894-1960) ==S==

• Jeff Sadler (1943–2005), (pseudonym of Geoffrey Sadler; also wrote under the pen name Wes Calhoun). • M.H. Salmon (1945-2019) • Jack Schaefer (1907–1991) • Charles Alden Seltzer (1875-1942) • Jon Sharpe • Luke Short (1908–1975), (pseudonym of Frederick D. Glidden) • Jack Slade (publisher house name, pseudonym of Peter B. Germano and others) • Frank H. Spearman (1859–1937) • Kai Starr (born 1964) • John Steinbeck (1902–1968) • Wallace Stegner (1909–1993) • Louis J. Stellman (1877–1961) • Manning Lee Stokes (1911–1976), writing as Ford Worth • Charles S. Strong • Gary Svee (1943–2019) • Glendon Swarthout (1918–1992) ==T==

• Robert Lewis Taylor (1912–1998) • David Thompson • Harlan Howard Thompson • Nye Tredgold • Clay Turner, (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano) • Mark Twain (1835–1910) ==V==

• Robert Vaughan • Gerald Vizenor, (born 1934) ==W==