A novelist and author of books for both adults and young readers, Judy Alter writes most often about women and girls of the American West. Her most recent nonfiction titles are the nonfiction Extraordinary Explorers and Adventurers and Great Women of the American West. Her novel about Etta Place entitled Sundance, Butch, and Me was published in 2002. Sam Houston is My Hero, a young-adult novel about the Runaway Scrape during the Texas Revolution, was published in 2003.
Genres: Historical, Western
Series
Maggie and Devildust
1. Maggie and a Horse Named Devildust (1989)
2. Maggie and the Search for Devildust (1989)
3. Maggie and Devildust-Ridin' High! (1990)
1. Maggie and a Horse Named Devildust (1989)
2. Maggie and the Search for Devildust (1989)
3. Maggie and Devildust-Ridin' High! (1990)
Real Women of the American West
1. Libbie (1994)
2. Sundance, Butch and Me (2002)
3. Cherokee Rose (1996)
4. Jessie (1995)
1. Libbie (1994)
2. Sundance, Butch and Me (2002)
3. Cherokee Rose (1996)
4. Jessie (1995)
Kelly O'Connell
1. Skeleton in a Dead Space (2011)
2. No Neighborhood for Old Women (2012)
3. Trouble in a Big Box (2012)
4. Danger Comes Home (2014)
5. Deception in Strange Places (2014)
6. Desperate for Death (2016)
7. The Color of Fear (2017)
8. Contract for Chaos (2018)
1. Skeleton in a Dead Space (2011)
2. No Neighborhood for Old Women (2012)
3. Trouble in a Big Box (2012)
4. Danger Comes Home (2014)
5. Deception in Strange Places (2014)
6. Desperate for Death (2016)
7. The Color of Fear (2017)
8. Contract for Chaos (2018)
Blue Plate Cafe Mystery
1. Murder at the Blue Plate Cafe (2013)
2. Murder at the Tremont House (2014)
3. Murder at Peacock Mansion (2015)
4. Murder at the Bus Depot (2018)
1. Murder at the Blue Plate Cafe (2013)
2. Murder at the Tremont House (2014)
3. Murder at Peacock Mansion (2015)
4. Murder at the Bus Depot (2018)
Irene in Chicago Culinary Mystery
1. Irene in Danger (2021)
2. Finding Florence (2022)
3. Irene Deep in Texas Trouble (2023)
4. Irene in a Ghost Kitchen (2024)
1. Irene in Danger (2021)
2. Finding Florence (2022)
3. Irene Deep in Texas Trouble (2023)
4. Irene in a Ghost Kitchen (2024)
Novels
After Pa Was Shot (1978)
Luke and the Van Zandt County War (1984)
Mattie (1988)
Katie and the Recluse (1991)
A Ballad for Sallie (1992)
The Commanches (1994)
Callie Shaw, Stableboy (1996)
Haley Goes to Camp (1999)
Noah's Ride (2006) (with others)
The Gilded Cage (2016)
So Far From Paradise (2019)
Saving Irene (2020)
Luke and the Van Zandt County War (1984)
Mattie (1988)
Katie and the Recluse (1991)
A Ballad for Sallie (1992)
The Commanches (1994)
Callie Shaw, Stableboy (1996)
Haley Goes to Camp (1999)
Noah's Ride (2006) (with others)
The Gilded Cage (2016)
So Far From Paradise (2019)
Saving Irene (2020)
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Books containing stories by Judy Alter
The Best of the American West II (1999)
(Best of the American West, book 2)
edited by
Ed Gorman and Martin H Greenberg
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