How the West was Read #2: Vol. 2

Robert J. Randisi

Jan 2009 · Audio Holdings · Narrated by Lee Marshall

About this audiobook

A companion to 1996's best-selling How the West Was Read, features eight original Western stories written specifically for spoken-work audio. Conceived and edited by crime and Western author Robert J. Randisi, this second collection delivers more of the best of contemporary Western writing. Featuring: George's Hand - by Lise McClendon, I Am a Raving Gambler - by Bill Crider, A Fate Worse Than Death - by Richard S. Wheeler, Lizzie Come Home - by Margaret Coel, The Barber - buy Loren D. Estleman, I Am a Town - by Robert J. Randisi, Dust and Ashes - by W.W. Lee, Medicine Man - by Marcus Galloway

About the author

Robert J. Randisi was a mystery writer who, in 1979, was asked to create a Western Series to be published by Charter Books. He created the Gunsmith Series, writing under the pseudonym J. R. Roberts, which he followed with a story in the Tracker Series as Tom Cutter and seven other western series under seven other pseudonyms. He has also written several Mystery stories as well. Randisi is the author of over 400 novels, 40 short stories, has edited 25 anthologies and has written under 15 pseudonyms. He founded the Private Eye Writers of America and created the Shamus Award. He is co-founder of Mystery Scene Magazine and the American Crime Writer's League. Randisi has also the edited Mean Streets and the Private Eye Writers of America's newsletter. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southwest Mystery Convention and has been nomiated for the Shamus Award four times.