American writer
Robert Vaughan
Born Robert Richard Vaughan Jr.
(1937-11-22 ) November 22, 1937Died March 16, 2024(2024-03-16) (aged 86) Other names
J.D. Bodine
James Calder Boone
G.A. Carrington
Dale Colter
Paula Fairman
Jack Gregory
William Grant
T.J. Jack
B.J. Lanagan
Jake Logan
Sara Luck
Patricia Matthews
K.C. McKenna
Hank Mitchum
Lee Morgan
Paula Moore
Robert Todaro
Lee Davis Willoughby
Occupation Author
Robert Vaughan (born Robert Richard Vaughan Jr. ; 22 November 1937 โ March 2024) was an American writer. He has authored over 400 books in nearly every genre. He won the 1977 Porgie Award (Best Paperback Original) for The Power and the Pride . He has also written a series of contemporary and historical romance novels under several pseudonyms[ 1] including "Paula Moore" and "Paula Fairman". He wrote the novelization for the television movie Andersonville .[ 1]
Vaughan was a frequent speaker at seminars and at high schools and colleges, and has also hosted three television talk shows: Eyewitness Magazine on WAVY-TV in Portsmouth, Virginia ; Tidewater A.M. on W05BQ-TV in Hampton, Virginia ; and This Week in Books on the TEMPO Cable Television Network. He has also written and produced a one-man play about Ernest Hemingway .
Vaughan was a retired Army Warrant Officer (CW-3) with three tours in Vietnam where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross , the Air Medal with the V for valor, the Bronze Star , the Meritorious Service Medal , and the Purple Heart . He was a helicopter pilot and a maintenance and supply officer. He was also an instructor and Chief of the Aviation Maintenance Officers' Course at Fort Eustis , Virginia.
Vaughan was inducted into the Writers' Hall of Fame in 1998.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Partial bibliography
Girls of Carnation House (1964)
Lust Empire (1965)
Mistress of the Lash (1970)
Brandywine's War (1971)
Slave's Blood (1972)
The Valkyrie Mandate (1974)
Las Vegas (1974)
Heart of Nashville (1975)
Nashville (1975)
The Power And The Pride (1976)
Savage Rapture (1978) as Paula Moore
The Sin (1979)
Love's Bold Journey (1980) as Patricia Matthews
Love's Sweet Agony (1980) as Patricia Matthews
The Love Pirate (1980) as Paula Moore
Southern Rose (1980) as Paula Fairman
The Tender and the Savage (1980) as Paula Fairman
The Perfect Couple (1981) as Paula Moore
Divine Wind (1983)
River of Passion (1983) as Paula Fairman
Savages (1983)
A Distant Bugle (1984)
The Quick and the Dead (1984)
Texas Proud (1987)
Transgressions (1988)
Survival: A Novel of the Donner Party (1994) as K.C. McKenna
Legacy (1995)
Andersonville (1996)
Texas Glory (1996)
Yesterday's Reveille (1996)
Blood on the Plains (1997)
Range Wars (1997)
Adobe Walls (1998)
In Honored Glory (1999)
Touch the Face of God (2002)
Trailback (2003)
The Lawmen (2003)
Whose Voice the Waters Heard (2003)
His Truth Is Marching On (2004)
When Hell Came to Texas (2013)
The Other Side of Memory (2014)
The Battle of Badwater (2015)
Thunder in the Whirlwind (2016)
American Chronicles
Dawn of the Century (1992)
Over There (1992)
The Lost Generation (1992)
Hard Times (1993)
Portals of Hell (1993)
The Iron Curtain (1994)
Cold War (1995)
The New Frontier (1995)
Flower Children (1996)
Arrow and Saber
Oushata Massacre (1989) as G.A. Carrington
Cavanaugh's Island (1989) as G.A. Carrington
The Comanche War (1990) as G.A. Carrington
Templeton Massacre (1990) as G.A. Carrington
Bushwhackers
Bushwhackers (1997) as B.J. Lanagan
Rebel County (1997) as B.J. Lanagan
The Killing Edge (1997) as B.J. Lanagan
The Dying Town (1998) as B.J. Lanagan
Mexican Standoff (1998) as B.J. Lanagan
Epitaph (1998) as B.J. Lanagan
A Time for Killing (1999) as B.J. Lanagan
Death Pass (1999) as B.J. Lanagan
Hangman's Drop (2000) as B.J. Lanagan
Cade McCall
Long Road To Abilene (2016)
Cade's Revenge (2016)
Cade's Redemption (2017)
Cade at the Walls (2017)
Cade McCall: Army Scout (2019)
Chaney Brothers Western
Glory Dust (1991) as T.J. Jack
The Chaney Edge (1992) as T.J. Jack
Crocketts
Trail of Vengeance (2021)
Slaughter In Texas (2021)
Law Of The Rope (2021)
The Town That Wouldn't Die (2021)
Panhandle Justice (2021)
Showdown At Red Rock (2021)
Judgement Day (2021)
A Time To Die (2021)
Escape From the Devil (2021)
Justice Of The Gun (2021)
The Guns of Prescott (2021)
The Lost Heard (2022)
Dateline
Phu Loi (2016)
An Loi (2016)
Faraday
The Gold Train (1988) as William Grant
Train of Glory (1989) as William Grant
The Trackwalker (1989) as William Grant
The Buffalo Train (2021)
Hawke
Ride With the Devil (2004)
Showdown at Dead End Canyon (2005)
Vendetta Trail (2005)
The Law of a Fast Gun (2006)
The King Hill War (2007)
Law & Order
In Deep (1993) as Jack Gregory
Black Out (1993) as Jack Gregory
Dead End (1994) as Jack Gregory
Lucas Cain
A Rambling Man (2023)
A Heap of Killing (2023)
Ghost Coach (2023)
Cain's Justice (2024)
Making of America
Hearts Divided (1979) as Paula Moore
The Ranchers (1980) as Lee Davis Willoughby
The Raiders (1984) as Lee Davis Willoughby
Warriors of the Code (1985) as Lee Davis Willoughby
McMasters
Plunder Valley (1995) as Lee Morgan
People of the Book
The Masada Scroll (2007) Co-Written with Paul Block
Armor of God (2008) Co-Written with Paul Block
Quinn Raiders
Blood Money (1988) as J.D. Bodine
Diablo Double Cross (1988) as J.D. Bodine
Ralph Compton
Demon's Pass (2000) (The Sundown Riders Series)
Clarion's Call (2001)
The Dakota Trail (2001) (The Trail Drive Series)
The Alamosa Trail (2002) (The Trail Drive Series)
Runaway Stage (2002) (The Sundown Riders Series)
The Bozeman Trail (2003) (The Trail Drive Series)
The Regulator
The Regulator (1990) as Dale Colter
Gravedancer (1991) as Dale Colter
The Scalp Hunters (1992) as Dale Colter
Remington
Red River Revenge (1987) as James Calder Boone
Good Day for a Hangin' (1987) as James Calder Boone
Showdown at Comanche Butte (1987) as James Calder Boone
Lawman's Justice (1987) as James Calder Boone
Slack Team
Silent Coup (2017)
Target Earth (2018)
Slocum
Cheyenne Bloodbath (1986) as Jake Logan
Stagecoach
Casper (1988) as Hank Mitchum
Fort Verde (1988) as Hank Mitchum
Silverado (1989) as Hank Mitchum
Buffalo Station (1990) as Hank Mitchum
War Torn
The Brave and the Lonely (1982)
The Embattled and the Bold (1983)
The Fallen and the Free (1983)
The Divine and the Damned (1983)
The Masters and the Martyrs (1983)
When Honor Dies
When Honor Dies (1991) as Robert Todaro
Blood Oath (1992) as Robert Todaro
The Broken Covenant (1992) as Robert Todaro
Wild Wild West
The Wild, Wild West (1998)
The Night of the Death Train (1998)
The Night of the Assassin (1998)
Women Who Won the West
Lost Lady of Laramie (1982) as Lee Davis Willoughby
References
^ a b "Writer starts in military, ends up famous Prolific writer Robert..." Southeast Missourian . May 24, 1996. Retrieved June 10, 2010 .
^ "Hall of Fame โ Inductees" . Writer's Hall of Fame of America. Archived from the original on June 24, 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2010 .
^ "Author Spotlight: Robert Vaughan" . Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2024 .
^ "Robert Vaughan โ Author's Page" . Archived from the original on January 10, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2024 .
^ "Storyteller's 7: Robert Vaughan's "Novel" approach to History" . www.tomrizzo.com . September 13, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2024 .
^ "Sikeston native making name as an author" . www.standard-democrat.com . September 24, 2002. Retrieved October 31, 2024 .
^ "Robert Vaughan Interview" . www.viewsonbooks.com . February 2, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2024 .
^ "A Hall of Fame Western Author- Robert Vaughan" . www.wayneturmel.com . November 9, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2024 .
^ "What History Has Taught Me with Robert Vaughan" . True West Magazine . February 23, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2024 .
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