Ralph Comptonย stood six-foot-eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel,ย The Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series.
David Robbinsย has been a writer for more than twenty-five years, publishing under a variety of pseudonyms. He is the author ofย Badlandersย andย has written more than a dozen successful titles in the Ralph Compton series.