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Ralph Compton stood six foot eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel, The Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was the USA Today bestselling author of the Trail of the Gunfighter series, the Border Empire series, the Sundown Riders series, and the Trail Drive series, among others.

Jackson Lowry is the western pen name for Robert E. Vardeman, author of more than three hundred novels. Nominated for multiple awards, Vardeman received the 2017 Western Fictioneers Lifetime Achievement Award. His Western titles include Sonora Noose, Great West Detective Agency, and the weird Western trilogy Punished. He was born in Texas and has lived in the wilds of New Mexico most of his life.

Jackson Lowry Books

Ralph Compton Snake Oil Justice book cover

Ralph Compton Snake Oil Justice

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Ralph Compton My Brother, My Killer book cover

Ralph Compton My Brother, My Killer

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Ralph Compton Counterfeit Lawman book cover

Ralph Compton Counterfeit Lawman

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Ralph Compton The Saltwater Trail book cover

Ralph Compton The Saltwater Trail

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Ralph Compton Flames of Silver book cover

Ralph Compton Flames of Silver

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Ralph Compton Shot to Hell book cover

Ralph Compton Shot to Hell

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Ralph Compton Lost Banshee Mine book cover

Ralph Compton Lost Banshee Mine

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Ralph Compton Never Bet Against the Bullet book cover

Ralph Compton Never Bet Against the Bullet

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Ralph Compton Tin Star book cover

Ralph Compton Tin Star

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The Great West Detective Agency book cover

The Great West Detective Agency

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Tales From Texas book cover

Tales From Texas

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4 Lives book cover

4 Lives

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The Sonora Noose book cover

The Sonora Noose

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