Ralph W. Cotton was an American author working in the

western genre The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated wit ...

. He was born March 16, 1945 near Caneyville, Kentucky. He died on February 14, 2024, in New Albany, Indiana. Cotton's debut novel, ''While Angels Dance: The Life and Times of Jeston Nash'', was published on June 1, 1994, by

St. Martin's Press St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan in New York City. It is headquartered in the Equitable Building (New York City), Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishe ...

. He subsequently published over 80 novels, including three under Ralph Compton's byline after Compton's death.

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Author's personal home pagePenguin Books Author PageBibliography at Fantasticfiction.co.uk
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