Preston Lewis

Lewis created the well-received "Memoirs of H.H. Lomax," a comic western series now published by Wolfpack Publishing. "Bluster's Last Stand," the fourth book in the series, was published in 2017 and earned the Will Rogers Gold Medallion Award for western humor. The fifth and sixth books in the series, "First Herd to Abilene" and "North to Alaska" were published in the spring of 2020, receiving Will Rogers Gold and Silver Medallions respectively. Previous books in the series in order of publication were "The Demise of Billy the Kid," "The Redemption of Jesse James" and "Mix-Up at the O.K. Corral." The latter two were both Spur Finalists from Western Writers of America."Rio Ruidoso," the first book in his Three Rivers Trilogy on the Lincoln County War, was published by Five Star in February 2020. "Rio Bonito," the second book in the trilogy, appeared in August 2021. "Rio Hondo," the final book in the trilogy, will be published in May of 2022.Lewis's western "Blood of Texas," originally written under his Will Camp pseudonym, received WWA's Spur Award for best western novel. Lewis's 2016 western "The Fleecing of Fort Griffin," another comic novel, received the Elmer Kelton Award for best creative work on West Texas from the West Texas Historical Association.