Noblesville author Larry D. Sweazy has won the 2013 Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Original Mass Market Paperback. The winning novel, “The Coyote Tracker,” is the fifth book in the Josiah Wolfe series. The Josiah Wolfe series has garnered several previous awards including back-to-back wins of the Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western fiction in 2011 and 2012, and the Best Book of Indiana award in 2011. Sweazy previously won the WWA Spur Award in 2005 for Best Short Fiction.
In “The Coyote Tracker,” fictional Texas Ranger, Josiah Wolfe must save his friend, and fellow ranger, Scrap Elliot, from the hangman’s noose for a crime he did not commit. Set in 1875 Austin, Texas, Wolfe must navigate a bustling city full of deception and intrigue, in search of answers that plenty of people don’t want answered. Western and mystery elements contribute to the novel’s broad appeal.
“The Coyote Tracker” is available in paperback, ebook, or hardcover, and large print at local and online bookstores.
Sweazy is a lifelong resident of Indiana, born in Madison County. He has previously published six novels and more than 50 short stories and articles. He lives in Noblesville, with his wife, two dogs, and a cat.
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The sixth, and final, book in the Josiah Wolfe series, “The Gila Wars,” will be released May 7. Author Larry D. Sweazy will be signing books at:
May 7 – 5 to 8 p.m. at Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 17090 Mercantile Blvd. Noblesville
May 11 – 2 to 4 p.m. at Books-A-Million, 5750 W. 86th St., Indianapolis
A new western series published by Berkley will debut in 2014.