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Stephen Bly

(1944 - 2011)

Stephen Bly was an author & novelist of more than 100 books and hundreds of articles, poems, and short stories. His book, The Long Trail Home Broadman & Holman, won the 2002 Christy Award in the category western novel:. Three other books, Picture Rock Crossway Books, The Outlaw’s Twin Sister (Crossway Books), and Last of the Texas Camp (Broadman & Holman), were Christy Award finalists. Bly’s books, primarily western novel genre in the American West, historical and contemporary, are written from a Christian worldview.(1) His Paperback Writer was noted in a Publisher’s Weekly review for its “amusing parody of the proverbial dime-store paperback novel.

Genres: Western, Children's Fiction, Inspirational

Series

Crystal Blake Adventures (with Janet Bly)
   1. Crystal's Perilous Ride (1986)
   2. Crystal's Blizzard Trek (1986)
   3. Crystal's Grand Entry (1986)
   4. Crystal's Mill Town Mystery (1986)
   5. Crystal's Rodeo Debut (1986)
   6. Crystal's Solid Gold Discovery (1986)

Stuart Brannon
   1. Hard Winter at Broken Arrow Crossing (1991)
   2. False Claims At the Little Stephen Mine (1992)
   3. Last Hanging At Paradise Meadow (1992)
   4. Standoff At Sunrise Creek (1993)
   5. Final Justice At Adobe Wells (1993)
   6. Son of an Arizona Legend (1994)
   Catcher-Of-The-Sun Runs High (2012)
   7. Stuart Brannon's Final Shot (2012)

Nathan T. Riggins Western Adventure
   1. The Dog Who Would Not Smile (1992)
   2. Coyote True (1992)
   3. You Can Always Trust a Spotted Horse (1993)
   4. The Last Stubborn Buffalo in Nevada (1993)
   5. Never Dance with a Bobcat (1994)
   6. Hawks Don't Say Goodbye (1994)

Code of the West
   1. It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own (1997)
   2. One Went to Denver and the Other Went Wrong (1995)
   3. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play (1995)
   4. Stay Away from That City... They Call It Cheyenne (1996)
   5. My Foot's in the Stirrup... My Pony Won't Stand (1996)
   6. I'm Off to Montana for to Throw the Hoolihan (1997)

Austin-Stoner Files
   1. The Lost Manuscript of Martin Taylor Harrison (1995)
   2. The Final Chapter of Chance Mccall (1996)
   3. The Kill Fee of Cindy Lacoste (1997)

Hidden West (with Janet Bly)
   1. Fox Island (1996)
   2. Copper Hill (1997)
   3. Columbia Falls (1998)

Lewis & Clark Squad
   Intrigue At the Rafter B Ranch (1997)
   The Secret of the Old Rifle (1997)
   Treachery At the River Canyon (1997)
   Danger At Deception Pass (1998)
   Hazards of the Half-Court Press (1998)
   Revenge On Eagle Island (1998)

Old California
   1. Red Dove of Monterey (1998)
   2. The Last Swan in Sacramento (1999)
   3. Proud Quail of the San Joaquin (2000)

Heroines of the Golden West
   1. Sweet Carolina (1998)
   2. The Marquesa (1998)
   3. Miss Fontenot (1999)

Fortunes of the Black Hills
   1. Beneath a Dakota Cross (1999)
   2. Shadow of Legends (2000)
   3. The Long Trail Home (2001)
   4. Friends and Enemies (2002)
   5. Last of the Texas Camp (2002)
   6. The Next Roundup (2001)

Skinners of Goldfield
   1. Fool's Gold (2000)
   2. Hidden Treasure (2000)
   3. Picture Rock (2001)

Carson City Chronicles (with Janet Bly)
   1. Judith and the Judge (2000)
   2. Marthellen and the Major (2000)
   3. Roberta and the Renegade (2000)

Belles of Lordsburg
   1. The Senator's Other Daughter (2001)
   2. The General's Notorious Widow (2001)
   3. The Outlaw's Twin Sister (2002)

Retta Barre's Oregon Trail
   1. The Lost Wagon Train (2002)
   2. The Buffalo's Last Stand (2002)
   3. The Plain Prairie Princess (2002)

Homestead
   1. Strangers & Pilgrims (2002)
   2. Courage & Compromise (2003)
   3. Reason & Riots (2003)

Adventures On the American Frontier
   Daring Rescue At Sonora Pass (2003)
   Dangerous Ride Across Humboldt Flats (2003)
   Mysterious Robbery On the Utah Plains (2003)

Horse Dreams Trilogy
   1. Memories of a Dirt Road Town (2005)
   2. The Mustang Breaker (2006)
   3. Wish I'd Known You Tears Ago (2006)

Novels

   Land Tamers (1987)
   Paperback Writer (2003)
   One Step Over the Border (2007)
   Creede of Old Montana (2009)
   Cowboy for a Rainy Afternoon (2010)
   Throw the Devil Off the Train (2011)

Collections

When the Cowboys Come to Town! (poems) (2000)

Novellas and Short Stories

Aim Low, Shoot High (2007)

Series contributed to

Making Choices
   The President's Stuck in the Mud (1982)
   Trouble in Quartz Mountain Tunnel (1985)
   Time Warp Tunnel (1995)

Non fiction show