Stan Lynde

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Gender	Male
Industry	Publishing
Occupation	Author, Cartoonist
Location	Helena, Montana, United States
Introduction	Stan Lynde was born and reared on the rangelands of the Crow Indian Reservation of southeastern Montana. He is the creator, author, and artist of two highly acclaimed nationally syndicated cartoon strips, Rick O'Shay and Latigo. Stan has been listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Art. He received the Inkpot Award in 1977 for achievement in the comic arts and the Montana Governor's Award for the Arts in 1983. Stan is a prolific and popular author of western fiction. His eight published novels, set in Montana Territory during the 1880s, include seven novels in his Merlin Fanshaw series. He is a 2009 winner of Western Writers of America's prestigious SPUR Award for the audiobook of his 2008 novel, Vendetta Canyon. Stan and his wife Lynda live in Helena, Montana.
Interests	History of the American West, Horses, Hunting, Cartoons and comic strips.
Favorite Movies	SHANE, RED RIVER, HIGH NOON, TOMBSTONE, SERGEANT YORK, THE GODFATHER, BEN HUR, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, THE STING, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, and many more!
Favorite Music	Willie Nelson, Frank Sinatra, Marty Robbins, Billie Holiday, Mike Blakely -- Swing, Jazz, Pop, and Classical
Favorite Books	Authors C.S. Lewis, Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Haycox, Luke Short, Elmer Kelton, Elmore Leonard, Richard Wheeler, James Lee Burke, Percival Christopher Wren, and more!