Then and Now
The state of Western history and fiction publishing in 2024 is one of grit and determination.
In 2013, I received a call from my friend Allen Barra who said there was an opportunity at True West: Western Books editor. I thanked him and called Executive Editor Bob Boze Bell. The rest is history and ever since I have had the pleasure of managing the Western Books department for True West magazine. Pre-COVID, I was receiving well over 600 books a year for review. Fiction, nonfiction,

True West January/February 2025