J.R. Sanders
J.R. Sanders is a native Midwesterner and longtime denizen of the L.A. suburbs, whose interest in crime dates to his days as a police officer and a private investigator.
His 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.... more
J.R. Sanders is a native Midwesterner and longtime denizen of the L.A. suburbs, whose interest in crime dates to his days as a police officer and a private investigator.
His 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 is Stardust Trail, a detective story set among the B-Western film productions of 1930s Hollywood, for which he 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, is a 2023 Shamus Award Finalist.
