Andy Adams (18591935), author, was born in Whitley County, Indiana, to Andrew and Elizabeth Adams, who belonged to a cultured pioneer Scots-Irish family. He became one of the few writers of the West who had a knowledge based on experience that enabled him to record cowboy life authentically. William Mac Leod Raine (June 22, 1871 July 25, 1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West. Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West.Charles Alden Seltzer (August 15, 1875 February 9, 1942) was an American writer. He was a prolific author of western novels, had writing credits for more than a dozen film titles, and authored numerous stories published in magazines, most prominently in Argosy.Jackson Gregory (March 12, 1882 June 12, 1943) was an American teacher, journalist, and writer. Jackson Gregory authored more than 40 fiction novels and a number of short stories.