Richard s wheeler biography
Richard Shaw Wheeler ( – February 24, ) was an American writer and former newspaper editor..
Richard S. Wheeler
American writer (1935–2019)
Richard Shaw Wheeler (1935 – February 24, 2019) was an American writer and former newspaper editor.[1] He is best known for his novels set in the American West, including the "Barnaby Skye" series.
Richard Wheeler began a late-in-life career as a novelist in his forties, and by his eightieth year had written over eighty novels, some under pseudonyms.
Wheeler was the 2001 recipient of the Owen Wister Award for lifetime contributions to Western literature,[2] and is a six-time Western Writers of AmericaSpur Award winner.[3]
Early life
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Richard Wheeler was raised in the suburb of Wauwatosa in a family descended from New England Puritans.[1][4] Following graduation from Wauwatosa High School in 1953,[5] Wheeler moved to California in the mid-1950s for three years.
At first intending to be a playwright, he studied at the Pasadena Playhouse,[4] later taking acting lessons and trying his hand at being a screenwriter. While in California he supported himself by working in a Hollywood recor