Chris Enss (born 1961) is an American author and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. Enss has written more than 20 books on the subject of women in the

Old West The American frontier, also known as the Old West or the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial ...

, and has collaborated with producer

Howard Kazanjian Howard G. Kazanjian (born July 26, 1942) is an Armenian-American film producer best known for the ''Star Wars'' films '' The Empire Strikes Back'' and '' Return of the Jedi'', as well as the ''Indiana Jones'' movie ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''. K ...

on four books, including two about

Roy Rogers Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye; November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and television host. Following early work under his given name, first as co-founder of the Sons of the Pioneers and then acting, the rebra ...

and

Dale Evans Dale Evans Rogers (born Frances Octavia Smith; October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001) was an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She was the third wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers. Early life Evans was born Frances Octavia Smith on O ...

Partial bibliography

* ''Buffalo Gals: Women of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show'' * ''Gilded Girls: Women Entertainers of the Old West'' * ''Hearts West: True Stories of Mail-Order Brides on the Frontier'' * ''How the West Was Worn: Bustles and Buckskins on the Wild Frontier'' * ''Love Untamed: Romances of the Old West'' * ''Pistol Packin' Madams: True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West'' * ''She Wore a Yellow Ribbon: Women Soldiers and Patriots of the Western Frontier'' * ''The Doctor Wore Petticoats: Women Physicians of the Old West'' * ''With Great Hope: Women of the California Gold Rush'' * ''Tales Behind the Tombstones: The Deaths and Burials of the Old West's Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women and Celebrated Lawmen'' * ''The Lady Was a Gambler: True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West'' * ''Playing for Time: The Death Row All Stars'' * ''The Cowboy and the Señorita: A Biography of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans'' * ''Happy Trails: A Pictorial Celebration of the Life and Times of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans'' * ''The Young Duke: The Early Life of John Wayne''

References

External links

Chris Enss official website
1961 births Living people American women screenwriters 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers 20th-century American writers 21st-century American writers Screenwriters from California {{US-screen-writer-stub