Spur Award Winner:
Best Western Juvenile Fiction: "Doubtful Cañon," 2008
True West Magazine Best of the West Award
"Best Living Fiction Writer," 2008
Milton F. Perry Award Winner
(National James-Younger Gang)
Best Book: "Northfield," 2007
Spur Award Winner
Best Western Novel: "Camp Ford," 2006
Western Heritage Wrangler Award winner
Outstanding Western Novel of 2003:
"Spark on the Prairie: The Trial of the Kiowa Chiefs," 2004
Spur Award Winner, Best Western Short Story
"A Piano at Dead Man's Crossing," 2002
New Mexico Book Award Finalist
Best Novel-Historical Fiction: "Camp Ford," 2007
Spur Award Finalist, Best Western Short Novel
"Northfield," 2008
Spur Award Finalist, Best Western Short Fiction Story
"The Cody War," 2008
Spur Award Finalist, Best Western Juvenile Novel
"The Hart Brand," 2007
Spur Award Finalist, Best Western Novel, "Ten and Me," 2000
Southwest Books of the Year: Great Murder Trials of the Old West (2003), Law of the Land: The Trial of Billy the Kid (2004); Walk Proud, Stand Tall (2006)
