Arthur Thomas Nickson (4 February 1902 in

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, England – 5 January 1974), was a British

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writer as Arthur Nickson, Matt Winstan, John Saunders, Arthur Hodson and Roy Peters, from 1956 to 1968. He married the also English writer Hilda Nickson, née

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Bibliography

As Arthur Nickson

Single novels

*Tin Star Sheriff (1956) *Gold Trail (1957) *No Star for the Deputy (1957) *Silver Town (1957) *Dust Was His Shroud (1960) *Guns Blaze at Noon (1960) *Bounty Hunter's Trail (1961) *Lone Killer (1961) *Arizona Gun Feud (1962) *Gunfight at Nolan's Canyon (1963) *Two Deputies Came Riding (1963) *Arizona Hideout (1964) *Gun Trail (1964) *Range Tramp (1965) *Ride a Crooked Trail (1966) *Sandy Creek Rustlers (1967) *Rope Law (1968)

Rusty Hines Series

*Rusty Hines Hits the Trail (1958) *Rusty Hines – Trouble Shooter (1959)

As Matt Winstan

Single novels

*The Big Herd (1957) *Gunslick Gambler (1958) *New Trails Blaze West (1960) *Gunsmoke On The Iron Trail (1961) *Pay Off In Lead (1961) *Bandit Trail (1962) *Trail To Boot Hill (1962) *Drive To Dodge City (1963) *No Branding Fire (1963)

As John Saunders

Single novels

*One-Gun Justice (1959) *Vengeance Rode West (1959) *A Colt For The Kid (1959) *Guns In High Summer (1961) *The Next Stage Out (1961) *Arizona Feud (1962) *Gunman's Bluff (1963)

As Arthur Hodson

Single novels

*Silvercrop (1964)

As Roy Peters

Single novels

*The Shotgun Marshal (1964) *Cattle Doctor (1965) *Vigilante Justice (1966) *Rail War (1967) *Women Ain't Angels (1967) *Alias Sam Smith (1968)

References and sources

1902 births 1974 deaths Western (genre) writers 20th-century British novelists {{UK-writer-stub