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Author of 10 books, including Los Angeles Times bestseller, 'The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Movie"
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Co-editor of "Splendor in the Short Grass: A Grover Lewis Reader" (Lewis was involved with the establishment of Rolling Stone magazine and one of its primary contributors in its early days.)
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Winner of the Western Heritage Award (Bronze Wrangler) from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
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Winner of the Los Angeles Press Club award for nonfiction book, as well as other regional and national honors
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Finalist for the National Magazine Award 2022
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Wrote for GQ, Outside, Sports Illustrated, Cowboys & Indians, Texas Observer, Texas Highways, and numerous other magazines
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Worked for Oklahoma State Senate and Oklahoma State Election Board from 1977 to 1982 conducting press conferences for State Senate President Pro Tempore, acting as reading clerk on the floor of the Senate, ghostwriting newspaper columns for seven state Senators, writing press releases for State Election Board, acting as State Election Board spokesperson, and more
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Worked as reporter and editor for Tulsa World, Ponca City News, and Logan County News (from 1983 to 1989), contributing numerous articles to Oklahoma Today magazine during this time
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Regular contributor to Texas Monthly (from 2015 through the present)
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Regular freelance contributor to the Dallas Morning News' Culture & Arts pages (from 1989 to 2019)