David Fitz-Gerald

David Fitz-Gerald is a multiple award-winning author of frontier and pioneer western fiction.

His breakthrough series, GHOSTS ALONG THE OREGON TRAIL, won the Chanticleer Grand Prize for Book Series and the Laramie Award Grand Prize for Book One, A GRAVE EVERY MILE. His standalone novel, RATHUUN: KING OF THE PRAIRIE, has won top Western honors including the American Fiction Awards and NYC Big Book Award.

Dave writes from the wilds of western Vermont—about as far west as you can get without slipping into New York. Though he’s never wrangled beeves to market, Dave was a top hand on his grandfather’s Adirondack Mountain dude ranch before age ten.

Even after all these years, Dave still has his head in the clouds like Ken from MY FRIEND FLICKA, and a quiet, self-reliant spirit like Sam from THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN. His editor states he is “exceptionally good at creating real moments between characters.” Readers seem to agree.