Ralph Compton┬аstood six-foot-eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel,┬аThe Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series.
Matthew P. Mayo┬аis a Western Writers of America Spur Award-Winner and a Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award Finalist. His short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and his many novels include the Westerns┬аWinters' War,┬аWrong Town,┬аHot Lead,┬аCold Heart,┬аDead Man's Ranch,┬аTucker's Reckoning,┬аThe Hunted,┬аand┬аShotgun Charlie.┬аHe contributes to several popular series of Western and adventure novels.