By Michael R. Ritt

Mike is an award-winning Western author, living in central Wisconsin, who began his writing career while living and exploring the plains and mountains of Colorado and Montana. He has been married to his redheaded sweetheart, Tami, since 1989. He is a Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award Finalist three years in a row. His debut novel is the winner of the Will Rogers Gold Medallion Award for Western fiction and was a Finalist for two separate Peacemaker Awards. His short stories have been published in numerous anthologies and magazines and are available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other online retailers, as well as brick-and-mortar bookstores. His first Western novel, The Sons of Philo Gaines, was released in November 2020. It is available everywhere books are sold. Mike is a member of Western Writers of America and Western Fictioneers.