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As a western author, Mark Redmond is often asked by his readers, “Do you wish you had lived in the old West?” His answer is always an emphatic “No!” While the post-Civil War West was undoubtedly an exciting place to live, it was also a dangerous place where many people had short lifespans. Hollywood has shown us the glamorous side of life in the old West. Now, let’s take a look at the other side of that life.

Mark Redmond taught high school English for 28 years in South Bend, Indiana. He has published more than 25 short stories and articles, a six-book middle grade fiction series (The Adventures of Arty Anderson), a collection of short stories (Five for the Trail), three western novels for more mature readers (Bounty Hunter Nate Landry: Major Issues, Bounty Hunter Nate Landry: Family Fury, and Bounty Hunter Nate Landry: Dust Devil), and the first two books in another middle grade fiction series (The Adventures of the Box M Gang). A member of Western Writers of America, Western Fictioneers, The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, American Christian Fiction Writers, and the Single Action Shooting Society, Redmond has been studying the West through reading and travel for most of his life. Mark and Susie currently live in Arizona, where Mark has begun to write full time and is working on the fourth Nate Landry book.