Wayne D. Overholser

Wayne D. Overholser (born September 4, 1906 in Pomeroy, Washington; † died August 27, 1996 in Boulder, Colorado) was an American Western writer. Overholser won the 1953 First Spur Award for best novel for Lawman using the pseudonym Lee Leighton. In 1955 he won the 1954 (second) Spur Award for The Violent Land.

Work

The Trail of Billy Peale
North to Dead Wood
The Man from Yesterday
You'll never hang me
Tomahawk
The Noose
Big Ugly
Cast a long shadow
Standoff at the river
Red is the valley
Valley of guns
Hearn's Valley
Beyond the Pass writing as Lee Leighton

Overholser was also referred to in Stephen King's "Wolves of the Calla" in the Dark Tower Series. Not only was he referred to as a writer but Overholser was also the name of a character in the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis (a town in "Wolves of the Calla).

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Name	Overholser, Wayne D.
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Date of birth	September 4, 1906
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Date of death	August 27, 1996
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