(b.Johnny D. Boggs has worked cattle, been bucked off horses (breaking two ribs last time), shot rapids in a canoe, hiked across mountains and deserts, traipsed around ghost towns, and spent hours poring over microfilm in library archives -- all in the name of finding a good story. He was won six Spur Awards from Western Writers of America, a Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and has been called by Booklist magazine "among the best western writers at work today." He also writes for numerous magazines, including True West, Wild West, Boys' Life and Western Art & Architecture, speaks and lectures often, studies old movies (Westerns and film noir) and even finds time to coach Little League. A native of South Carolina and former newspaper journalist, he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife and son.
Genres: Western
Series
Hannah And the Horseman
Hannah and the Horseman (1997)
The Courtship of Hannah and the Horseman (1997)
Riding with Hannah and the Horseman (1998)
Hannah and the Horseman At the Gallows Tree (1998)
Hannah and the Horseman On the Western Trail (1999)
The Odyssey of Hannah and the Horseman (2000)
A Job for Hannah and the Horseman (2000)
Hannah and the Horseman (1997)
The Courtship of Hannah and the Horseman (1997)
Riding with Hannah and the Horseman (1998)
Hannah and the Horseman At the Gallows Tree (1998)
Hannah and the Horseman On the Western Trail (1999)
The Odyssey of Hannah and the Horseman (2000)
A Job for Hannah and the Horseman (2000)
Killstraight
The Hart Brand (2006)
Killstraight (2008)
Whiskey Kills (2010)
Kill the Indian (2012)
The Killing Trail (2014)
The Hart Brand (2006)
Killstraight (2008)
Whiskey Kills (2010)
Kill the Indian (2012)
The Killing Trail (2014)
Novels
This Man Colter (1997)
The Curse of Dunbar's Gold (1998)
Ten and Me (1999)
The Lonesome Chisholm Trail (2000)
Foundation of the Law (2001)
Once They Wore the Gray (2001)
Lonely Trumpet (2002)
Arm of the Bandit (2002)
The Despoilers (2002)
The Big Fifty (2003)
Spark On the Prairie (2003)
Purgatoire (2003)
East of the Border (2004)
Law of the Land (2004)
Dark Voyage of the Mittie Stephens (2004)
Camp Ford (2005)
Ghost Legion (2005)
Walk Proud, Stand Tall (2006)
Northfield (2007)
Doubtful Canon (2007)
Soldier's Farewell (2008)
Rio Chama (2009)
Hard Winter (2009)
The Killing Shot (2010)
West Texas Kill (2011)
South by Southwest (2011)
Legacy of a Lawman (2011)
And There I'll Be a Soldier (2012)
Summer of the Star (2013)
Wreaths of Glory (2013)
Greasy Grass (2013)
Valley of Fire (2014)
Mojave (2014)
Return to Red River (2016)
Top Soldier (2016)
Hard Way Out of Hell (2016)
The Kansas City Cowboys (2017)
The Raven's Honor (2017)
Taos Lightning (2018)
Mackinnon (2018)
The Curse of Dunbar's Gold (1998)
Ten and Me (1999)
The Lonesome Chisholm Trail (2000)
Foundation of the Law (2001)
Once They Wore the Gray (2001)
Lonely Trumpet (2002)
Arm of the Bandit (2002)
The Despoilers (2002)
The Big Fifty (2003)
Spark On the Prairie (2003)
Purgatoire (2003)
East of the Border (2004)
Law of the Land (2004)
Dark Voyage of the Mittie Stephens (2004)
Camp Ford (2005)
Ghost Legion (2005)
Walk Proud, Stand Tall (2006)
Northfield (2007)
Doubtful Canon (2007)
Soldier's Farewell (2008)
Rio Chama (2009)
Hard Winter (2009)
The Killing Shot (2010)
West Texas Kill (2011)
South by Southwest (2011)
Legacy of a Lawman (2011)
And There I'll Be a Soldier (2012)
Summer of the Star (2013)
Wreaths of Glory (2013)
Greasy Grass (2013)
Valley of Fire (2014)
Mojave (2014)
Return to Red River (2016)
Top Soldier (2016)
Hard Way Out of Hell (2016)
The Kansas City Cowboys (2017)
The Raven's Honor (2017)
Taos Lightning (2018)
Mackinnon (2018)
Collections
Peacemaker Tales (2013) (with C K Crigger, Wayne D Dundee, James J Griffin, C Courtney Joyner, L J Martin, Matthew P Mayo, Rod Miller, Pete Peterson, Cheryl Pierson, Lucia St. Clair Robson, Troy D Smith and L J Washburn)
Ellen (2015) (with Barri L Bumgarner, Jane Hale, Steven Law, Fran Massey, Marilyn K Smith, Laura L Valenti, Robert Vaughan and Larry Wood)
Contention and Other Frontier Stories (2019) (with Loren D Estleman, Max McCoy and Michael Zimmer)
Ellen (2015) (with Barri L Bumgarner, Jane Hale, Steven Law, Fran Massey, Marilyn K Smith, Laura L Valenti, Robert Vaughan and Larry Wood)
Contention and Other Frontier Stories (2019) (with Loren D Estleman, Max McCoy and Michael Zimmer)
Non fiction
That Terrible Texas Weather (2000)
Pampered Cowboy (2000)
Great Murder Trials of the Old West (2002)
Jesse James and the Movies (2011)
Billy the Kid on Film, 1911-2012 (2013)
Pampered Cowboy (2000)
Great Murder Trials of the Old West (2002)
Jesse James and the Movies (2011)
Billy the Kid on Film, 1911-2012 (2013)
Johnny D Boggs recommends
The Wild Breed (2008)
(Yakima Henry, book 3)
Frank Leslie
"Frank Leslie writes with leathery prose honed sharper than a buffalo skinner's knife."
Cotton's War (2011)
(Sheriff Cotton Burke, book 1)
Phil Dunlap
"An old-fashioned, barn-burning, gut-wrenching Western story that moves at a gallop over dangerous territory."
Lonnie Gentry (2014)
Peter Brandvold
"Brandvold writes a leathery prose boned sharper than a buffalo Skinner's knife!"
Slate Creek (2017)
(Journey to the White Clouds)
Wallace J Swenson
"Wallace J. Swenson writes with sass, authority and style."
Hellgate (2018)
P Grady Cox
"In Hellgate, P. Grady Cox delivers an edgy, relentless novel about a savage West that, in spite of its violence, reveals just how much the human spirit can endure."
Murder in the Melting Pot (2018)
Jane Isenberg
"Fast-paced yet serious, populated with quirky characters with plenty of depth, Murder in the Melting Pot offers a feminist take on the contemporary West while providing a satisfying mystery that should appeal to all sexes. Jane Isenberg dishes up another winner."
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