Award-Winning Authors Sell Their Books At Online Consignment Bookstore
The consignment bookstore WritersWest.com has attracted authors from all disciplines who write about the American West. Many authors and books are award winners and finalists.


HELENA, MT, February 28, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- WritersWest.com continues to lead the way as a resource for autographed, quality books about the American West. The titles and authors of award-winning western books include:

-o- Mark Mellon's action western --The Pirooters-- which won the 2008 Books and Authors.Net Award for Literary Excellence Best Western;
-o- 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award to Beth Hodder for the YA title --The Ghost of Schafer Meadows--;
-o- Cowboy Poet and Photographer Mike Logan was named Cowboy Poet of the Year. He has photo books, poetry books and audio tapes at Writers West;
-o- 2005 Walter Williams Major Work Award went to Elizabeth Butler for her historical romance -Libby--;
-o- SPUR Best First Novel Miles Swarthout for --The Sergeant's Lady-- (Historical Fiction); SPUR Awards are given by national organization Western Writers of America. The juried competition is considered one of the highest tributes to western titles and writers.
-o- Among Montana author Gladys Smith's five titles is an impressive double of WILLA Awards (presented by the national organization Women Writing the West), one for --River Of Our Return-- and the other for --Deliverance Valley--. Her book --Higher Ground-- was a 2005 Finalist;
-o- Autographed copies of the SPUR Best Paperback Western --Drum's Ring--. and Best Western Novel -- Masterson-- by five-time SPUR winner Richard S. Wheeler are also available at Writers West. Wheeler is a WWA Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement in Western Literature recipient;
-o- Charlotte Hinger's Best First Novel (and finalist for Novel of the West) --Come Spring-- went on to be a Reader's Digest condensed book and has been published in several foreign languages;
-o- In 1988, the collectable hardback --The Homesman-- by Glendon Swarthout, won both the SPUR Award and Wrangler Award as the Best Western Novel--a rare double in big western book prizes. Other Swarthout titles are also available, including the original hardback (autographed) and paperback issues of --The Shootist--, which became John Wayne's final film.
-o- Janet Muirhead Hill's --Starlight Shines For Miranda-- (book five of the six-book Starlight Series) won the 2004 USA Book Awards--Best Books for Young Adults.

Being a SPUR Finalist is a fine accomplishment, and the Writers West inventory includes many finalists: --Hombrecito's War-- by W. Michael Farmer. Ellen Gray Massey for her biography of Mary Elizabeth Manhkey, --A Candle In Her Soul--; K. Follis Cheatham for the juvenile's biography --Dennis Banks: Native American Activist--, Lucia St. Clair Robson for --Ride The Wind-- (Robson was voted 2004 Most Notable Living Historical Writer in a True West magazine poll), and Irene Bennett Brown for --The Plainswoman--. SPUR Finalist Rita Cleary, has two hardback titles at the site: --River Walk-- and --Charbonneau's Gold--.

With the Writers West inventory on a steady rise, there is no doubt the future will have many more award-winning titles.

Writers West consignment bookstore offers new autographed titles and many previous-owner books about the American West.

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