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Wayne D. Overholser
AuthorBooks · Second hand1906-1996
Wayne D. Overholser, was an American Western writer. Overholser won the 1953 First Spur Award for Best Western Novel for Law Man using the pseudonym Lee Leighton. Law Man was made into the motion picture Star in the Dust, starring John Agar and Richard Boone, in 1956. In 1955 he won the 1954 (second) Spur Award for The Violent Land. He won the Spur Award for a third time in 1969 for his juvenile novel about the Meeker Massacre, with Lewis Patten. Three additional pseudonyms were John S. Daniels, Dan J. Stevens and Joseph Wayne; combinations of his three sons' names.
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1906
Death
1996
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Wayne D. Overholser was a prolific American writer who dedicated his career to capturing the essence of the Western genre.
Throughout his career, he published an impressive 161 works focused on frontier and pioneer life.
The author demonstrated his literary versatility by using various pseudonyms, such as Lee Leighton, with which he won his first Spur Award.
To create his other pen names, such as John S. Daniels, Dan J. Stevens, and Joseph Wayne, he drew inspiration from the names of his three sons.
His literary legacy lives on through his son Steve Overholser, who also followed in his father's footsteps in the world of writing.