Nelson C. Nye

Nelson Coral Nye (born 1907) is an award-winning American author of Western fiction who wrote close to 125 titles and co-founded the Western Writers of America guild.^[1][2] He wrote under the name Nelson C. Nye, as well as the pseudonyms Clem Colt and Drake C. Denver.^[3]

Works

As Clem Colt

• Hair-Trigger Realm, 1941
• The Five Diamond Brand, 1942
• Triggers for Six, 1943
• The Sure-Fire Kid, 1943
• Rustlers' Roost, 1944
• Guns of Horse Prairie, 1944
• Trigger Talk, 1944
• Breed of the Chaparral, 1948
• Tough Company, 1953

As Nelson C. Nye

• The Killer of Cibecue (1936)
• Gunsmoke (1938)
• Pistols for Hire (1941)
• Wildcats of Tonto basin (1941)
• Tinbadge (1941)
• The Gunfighter Breed (1942)
• Salt River Ranny (1942)
• Rustlers' Roost (1943)
• Tornado on Horseback (1944)
• Fiddle-Back Ranch (1944)
• Once in the Saddle (1946)
• Ramrod Vengeance (1946)
• Blood of Kings (1946)
• The Barber of Tubac (1947)
• Saddle Bow Slim (1948)
• Rustlers of K.C. Ranch (1949)
• A Bullet for Billy the Kid (1950)
• Horses Is Fine People (1950)
• Born to Trouble (1951)
• Riders by Night (1951)
• Wide Loop (1952)
• Thief River (1952)
• Caliban's Colt (1953)
• Desert of the Damned (1953)
• The Crazy K (1953)
• Hired Hand (1954)
• The Red Sombrero (1954)
• Smoke Talk (1954)
• The No-Gun Fighter (1956)
• Arizona Dead-Shot (1957)
• Bandido (1957)
• Gunfighter Brand (1958)
• Maverick Marshall (1958)
• River of Horns (1960)
• The Wolf That Rode (1960)
• The Last Bullet (1960)
• Long Run (1960)
• Johnny Get Your Gun (1960)
• Ride the Wild Plains (1960)
• The Irreverent Scout (1961)
• Death Comes Riding (1962)
• Not Grass Alone (1962)
• They Won Their Spurs (1962)
• Bancroft's Banco (1963)
• Death Valley Slim (1963)
• Wild River (1963)
• Frontier Scout (1964)
• Quick-fire Hombre (1964)
• Sudden Country (1964)
• Weeping Widow Mine (1964)
• The Bravo Brand (1965)
• Iron Hand (1966)
• Shotgun Law (1967)
• Trail of Lost Skulls (1967)
• Rider on the Road (1967)
• A Lost Mine Named Salvation (1968)
• Arizona Renegade (1969)
• Boss Gun (1969)
• Wolftrap (1969)
• Kelly (1971)
• The Clifton Contract (1972)
• The One-Shot Kid (1973)
• Horses Women and Guns (1975)
• The Kid from Lincoln County (1976)
• The Texas Gun (1976)
• Trouble at Quinn's Crossing (1976)
• Hideout (1977)
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1978)
• Ambush at Yuma's Chimney (1978)
• The Marshall of Pioche (1979)
• Gringo (1979)
• The Texas Tornado (1979)
• The Trouble at Pena Blanca (1979)
• The Feud At Sleepy Cat (1979)
• Guns Horse Prairie (1979)
• Palominas Pistolero (1980)
• Gun Wolf (1980)
• Gunman, Gunman (1980)
• Breed of the Chaparral (1981)
• Rogue's Rendezvous (1982)
• Triggers for Six (1982)
• Come A-Smokin' (1983)
• Gun Feud at Tiedown (1983)
• Single Action (1983)
• Feud at Single Clinch (1984)
• Hellbound for Ballarat (1984)
• Cartridge Case Law (1985)
• The Overlanders (1985)
• Quick-Trigger Country (1985)
• Trigger-Finger Law (1986)
• The Parson of Gunbarrel Basin (1987)
• The Seven Six Gunners (1987)
• Treasure Trail from Tucson (1987)
• Deadly Companions (1987)
• Horse Thieves (1987)
• No Place to Hide (1988)
• The Lost Padre (1988)
• Mule Man (1988)
• Heathcliff Smooth Sailing (1989)
• Rafe (1990)
• Wild Horse Shorty (1990)
• Hideout Mountain (1991)
• Fight at Four Corners (1992)
• Gunshot Trail (1992)
• The Last Chance Kid (1992)
• Gun Quick (1992)
• The Shootin' Sheriff (1994)
• Parson of Gunmetal Basin (1994)
• The White Chip (1996)
• Renegade Cowboy (1996)
• Gun-Hunt for the Sundance Kid (2001)
• G Stands for Gun (2001)
• Ranger's Revenge (2002)
• The Sure-Fire Kid (2003)

External links

• Western Writers of America
• Works by or about Nelson C. Nye in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

References

1. ^ "Spur Awards - Best Western Novel", Harris County Public Library, 5 May 2009.
2. ^ "Owen Wister Award History" www.westerwriters.org.
3. ^ Nelson Nye

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Name	Nye, Nelson C
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Date of birth	1907
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