W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear to receive Western Writers of America's Owen Wister Award
ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The international bestselling writing team of W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal of Cody, Wyo., will receive the 2021 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature, Western Writers of America ( www.westernwriters.org ) has announced.
- ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The international bestselling writing team of W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal of Cody, Wyo., will receive the 2021 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature, Western Writers of America ( www.westernwriters.org ) has announced.
- "For more than three decades, Kathleen and Michael Gear have beenbringing the past to vivid life with their books about the indigenouspeoples.
- Both individually and as a writing team, their work standsout for its focus and readability," WWA President Chris Enss said.
- The Wister Award is a bronze statue of a bison created especially for WWA by artist Robert Duffie.