J.R. Sanders
J.R. Sanders is a native Midwesterner and longtime denizen of the L.A. suburbs, whose nonfiction articles appear in such periodicals as Law & Order and Wild West magazines. His books include Some Gave All, which gives true accounts of forgotten Old West lawmen killed in the line of duty.
J.R.’s debut novel Star.... more
J.R. Sanders is a native Midwesterner and longtime denizen of the L.A. suburbs, whose nonfiction articles appear in such periodicals as Law & Order and Wild West magazines. His books include Some Gave All, which gives true accounts of forgotten Old West lawmen killed in the line of duty.
J.R.’s debut novel Stardust Trail, a detective story set among the B-Western film productions of 1930s Hollywood, was a 2021 Spur Award Finalist (for Best Historical Novel), and Silver Falchion Award Finalist (for Best Investigator).
Dead-Bang Fall, the second Nate Ross novel, was a 2023 Shamus Award winner for Best PI Paperback novel.
Bring the Night, the third in the Nate Ross series, was a 2024 Shamus Award Finalist.
