Lou Cameron (June 20, 1924 – November 25, 2010) was a prolific American novelist, with over 300 titles to his credit – writing adventure novels, science fiction, crime fiction, war novels, movie novelizations, westerns and more. In addition to the Stringer western series, he created the Longarm character writing under the name Tabor Evans, as well as the Renegade series, writing as Ramsay Thorne. Cameron won the WWA Spur Award in 1976, and he was also an accomplished comic book illustrator.