is the pseudonym used by John Edward Ames (who has also written 31 books as Judd Cole including the popular Cheyenne series) lives in New Orleans and has been a fulltime writer since 1986, when he sold his first novel, The Force.

Since quitting his job teaching English composition at the University of New Mexico, he has written 83 published books (and six more as a ghostwriter). He has written one nonfiction book, The Real Deadwood, as John Ames.

He is also a freelance journalist and has appeared in many national and large urban newspapers, Including The Christian Science Monitor, as well as dozens of Web sites.

"More than anybody now writing about that long-ago time and place of the Old West, John Edward Ames most reminds me of my old friend and mentor, Will Henry. I can truly think of no higher compliment to give either man."
Terry C. Johnston, author of Winter Rain