Award-winning author J.R. Sanders is a native Midwesterner and longtime denizen of the L.A. suburbs. His nonfiction articles appear in such periodicals as Law & Order and Wild West magazines. His books include Some Gave All, which gives true accounts of forgotten Old West lawmen killed in the line of duty. J.R.'s first Nate Ross novel, Stardust Trail--a detective story set among the B-Western film productions of 1930s Hollywood--was a 2021 Spur Award finalist (Best Historical Novel), and Silver Falchion Award finalist (Best Investigator). His second Nate Ross novel, Dead-Bang Fall, was A 2022 Shamus Award winner for Best Original P.I. Paperback. Bring the Night, third in the series, was a 2023 Shamus Award finalist for Best Original P.I. Paperback.