Robert J Randisi

Robert J. Randisi has written more than four hundred Westerns, including the long-running Gunsmith series. He is also the editor of thirty anthologies and a Writer's Digest book, Writing the Private Eye Novel. He founded the Private ye Writers of America in 1982 and created the Shamus Award; he also cofounded Mystery Scene magazine and the American Crime Writer's League. He lives in Clarksville, Missouri.