Gary McCarthy
Gary McCarthy is the author of fifteen published American historical and thirty-four westerns novels. In 1993, his “THE GILA RIVER” won the Western Writers of America’s Spur Award as the best historical paperback novel of that year and “RIVER THUNDER” won the 2009 Western Writers of America’s Spur Award for Best Audio Book. His 1991 “RUSSIAN RIVER” California historical novel and 2003 Arizona Western novel “RESTITUTION” were Spur Award Finalists. In 2019, he was awarded the Life Achievement Peacemaker Award by the Western Fictioneers.
McCarthy received widespread recognition for his extremely well researched novels relating to our NATIONAL PARKS and his highly popular OUR AMERICAN WEST VOL. 1-4 SERIES. He is the creator of the THE DERBY MAN and the THE HORSEMEN SERIES. McCarthy has also worked on other successful series including RIVERS WEST, GUNSMOKE, RAILS WEST and the longest running series of them all…LONGARM. He has also written three Script Stories based on his New York Published novels.
The author is well suited to writing about the American West; he grew up with horses and received a B.S. degree in Animal Science and an M.S. in Economics from the University of Nevada. Before becoming a full time novelist, McCarthy was employed as an economist. He is very interested in Native American cultures, especially the Navajo, Hualapai and Hopi and historical preservation of southwestern western archaeological sites. McCarthy had been president of two Rotary Clubs and served on many community boards.
Gary McCarthy has over five million books in print and resides in Arizona with his wife, Jane. He enjoys hiking and horseback riding in the Grand Canyon Rim Country when he is not traveling the Southwest in search of new stories upon which to base his next novel.
Novels
Satin And Silver — More Info | Purchase
Bordertown Justice — More Info | Purchase
Blood Brothers — More Info | Purchase
The Buffalo Hunters — More Info | Purchase
Restitution — More Info | Purchase
Elvis And Cowboy Charlie — More Info | Purchase
Sodbuster — More Info | Purchase
Transcontinental — More Info | Purchase
Gold And Lace — More Info | Purchase
The Horsemen and The Derby Man – More Info | Purchase
Series Work
The River Series
The American River (#1) — More Info | Purchase
The Gila River (#2) — More Info | Purchase
The Humboldt River (#3) — More Info | Purchase
The Russian River (#4) — More Info | Purchase
The Cimarron River (#4) — More Info | Purchase
The Colorado River (#5) — More Info | Purchase
The Horseman Series
The Horsemen (#1) — More Info | Purchase
Cherokee Lighthorse (#2) — More Info | Purchase
Texas Mustangers (#3) — More Info | Purchase
Blue Bullet (#4) — More Info | Purchase
Stallion Valley (#5) — More Info | Purchase
The Horsemen Omnibus — Purchase
The Derby Man Series
The Derby Man (#1) — More Info | Purchase
Showdown At Snakegrass Junction (#2) — More Info | Purchase
Mustang Fever (#3) — More Info | Purchase
The Pony Express War (#4) — More Info | Purchase
Silver Shot (#5) — More Info | Purchase
Explosion At Donner Pass (#6) — More Info | Purchase
North Chase (#7) — More Info | Purchase
Whiskey Creek (#8) — More Info | Purchase
The Rebel Of Bodie (#8) — More Info | Purchase
The Rail Warriors (#9) — More Info | Purchase
The Comstock Camels (#10) — More Info | Purchase
The Derby Man Omnibus — Purchase
Sisters of Wyoming Series
Sisters of the Wyoming Mountains (#1) — More Info | Purchase
Sisters Of The Wyoming Plains (#2) — More Info | Purchase
Our American West Series
Our American West (#1) — More Info | Purchase
Our American West (#2) — More Info | Purchase
Our American West (#3) — More Info | Purchase
Our American West (#4) — More Info | Purchase
National Parks Historical Fiction Series
Grand Canyon Thunder (#1) — More Info | Purchase
Mesa Verde Thunder (#2) — More Info | Purchase
Yellowstone Thunder (#3) — More Info | Purchase
Yosemite Thunder (#4) — More Info | Purchase
River Thunder (#5) — More Info | Purchase
Maddie O'Brien Series
Maddie O'Brien's Wild Turkeys — More Info | Purchase
Maddie O'Brien's Christmas Donkey — More Info | Purchase