Tucson Festival of Books

Johnny D. Boggs


Johnny D. Boggs has worked cattle, been bucked off horses (breaking two ribs last time), shot rapids in a canoe, hiked across mountains and deserts, traipsed around ghost towns and spent hours poring over microfilm in ibrary archives—all in the name of finding a good story. He has won a record of nine Spur Awards from Western Writers of America, a Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and he has been called by Booklist magazine "among the best western writers at work today." He also writes for numerous magazines, including True West, Wild West, Boys' Life and Western Art & Architecture, speaks and lectures often, studies old movies (Westerns and film noir) and even finds time to coach and umpire Little League. "Longhorns East" is his newest book. A native of South Carolina and a former newspaper journalist, he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife and son. 

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Awards: Nine Spur Awards (Western Writers of America), Western Heritage Wrangler Award (National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum), 2015 Arkansiana Award (Arkansas Library Association)


Scheduled events:
Workshop: Western Publishing Today
The editors of True West and Roundup magazines survey the current state of western publishing and offer helpful advice to aspiring authors.

Integrated Learning Center Room 119 (Seats 60)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 9, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
History / Biography
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Bob Boze Bell, Johnny Boggs, Stuart Rosebrook
Writing the Range
Biographers Nathan Ward and Tracy Daugherty discuss the lives and writing careers of real-life cowboy detective Charles Siringo and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horseman Pass By (Hud), The Last Picture Show, and Lonesome Dove.

UA Library/Special Collections (Seats 110)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 10, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
History / Biography
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Tracy Daugherty, Nathan Ward
Moderator: Johnny Boggs

Book:
Longhorns East

Kensington Publishing Corporation
August 2023
ISBN 1496738306
368 pages