Peter Brandvold is an American

western fiction Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and ...

author.

Life

Born in North Dakota, bestselling western novelist Peter Brandvold has penned over seventy fast-action westerns under his own name and his pen name, Frank Leslie. He is the author of the .45-Caliber books featuring Cuno Massey as well as the Lou Prophet and Yakima Henry novels. Recently, with his first young-adult western, LONNIE GENTRY and its successor, ''The Curse of Skull Canyon'', he began publishing with ''Five Star''. He is the head of "Mean Pete Publishing", the publisher of lightning-fast western ebooks. Brandvold also penned 29 entries in the long-running Longarm series published by Berkley Books, as well as four books in the Trailsman series published by Signet. He also wrote two "Ralph Compton" novels—''Navarro'' and ''Bullet Creek''. He has several film scripts in development in Hollywood.

Background

Brandvold was born and raised in North Dakota. He went to school at the

University of North Dakota The University of North Dakota (also known as UND or North Dakota) is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of N ...

in Grand Forks and graduated there with a B.A. in English. He wrote for a number of magazines including the Country Journal and

True West Magazine ''True West Magazine'' (alternate title: ''True West'') is an American magazine that covers the icons like Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Billy the Kid, and Jesse James and relates American Old West history back to the present day to show the role conte ...

until 1995 when he started writing adventure stories. He lives in western Minnesota with his dog.

Bibliography

* ''Once a Marshal'' (1998) * ''Blood Mountain'' (1999) * ''Dakota Kill'' (2000) * ''Once More with a .44'' (2000) * ''Once a Lawman'' (2000) * ''Once Hell Freezes Over'' (2001) * ''The Romantics'' (2001) * ''The Devil and Lou Prophet'' (2002) * ''Once a Renegade'' (2002) * ''Dealt the Devil's Hand'' (2002) * ''Once Upon a Dead Man'' (2003) * ''Riding with the Devil's Mistress'' (2003) * ''Once Late with a .38'' (2003) *"Love and Bullets" (2004) (short story for ''The Funeral of Tanner Moody'' anthology) * ''The Devil Gets His Due'' (2004) * ''.45-Caliber Revenge'' (2004) * ''Staring Down the Devil'' (2004) *"Ghost Colts" (2005) (short story for ''Lone Star Law'' anthology) * ''Navarro'' (2005) (writing for Ralph Compton) * ''.45-Caliber Fury'' (2005) * ''The Devil's Lair'' (2005) * ''Rogue Lawman'' (2005) * ''Bullet Creek'' (2005) (writing for Ralph Compton) * ''.45-Caliber Manhunt'' (2006) * ''Deadly Prey'' (2006) * ''Hell on Wheels'' (2006) * ''Cold Corpse, Hot Trail'' (2007) * ''.45 Caliber Death Trap'' (2007) * ''The Lonely Breed'' (2007) (writing as Frank Leslie) * ''The Thunder Riders'' (2007) (writing as Frank Leslie) * ''Guns N' Roses'' (2007) ("Bat Lash" comic book series) * ''The Wild Breed'' (2008) (writing as Frank Leslie) * ''Bullets Over Bedlam'' (2008) * '' Dust of the Damned'' (2012) * ''Ambush at Apache Pass: An Apache Wars Novel'' (2014)

References

External links

Peter Brandvold's Official website

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