Kent ConwellKent Conwell grew up in the Texas Panhandle in the town of Wheeler, population 848. His love of the West came naturally, for his grandfather ran away from his Tennessee home when he was fourteen to bullwhack his way to the Panhandle. There he met hisfuture wife, who had traveled from Illinois to Texas in a covered wagon. After moving to Fort Worth, where he was more at home in the stockyards than at school, Kent earned a B.S. and began teaching. Later, he moved to Port Neches, where he acquired a M.Ed. and a Ph.D. His love for writing about the West has never waned, because it was the one period unique to American history. He has won short story, screenplay, mystery, and Western fiction awards. Read More Read Less