Louis L'Amour

Louis L'Amour
L'Amour in 1970
Born	Louis Dearborn LaMoore (1908-03-22)March 22, 1908 Jamestown, North Dakota, U.S.
Died	June 10, 1988(1988-06-10) (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Pen name	Tex Burns
Occupation	Novelist, short story writer
Genres	Western, science fiction, adventure, non-fiction
Spouse	Kathy (widowed 1988)
Children	2
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	362nd Quartermaster Truck Company
Battles/wars	World War II

Louis Dearborn L'Amour (/ˈluːi ləˈmʊər/; né LaMoore; March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels, though he called his work "frontier stories". His most widely known Western fiction works include Last of the Breed, Hondo, Shalako, and the Sackett series. L'Amour also wrote historical fiction (The Walking Drum), science fiction (The Haunted Mesa), non-fiction (Frontier), and poetry and short-story collections. Many of his stories were made into films. His books remain popular and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death, almost all of his 105 existing works (89 novels, 14 short-story collections, and two full-length works of nonfiction) were still in print, and he was "one of the world's most popular writers".^[1][2]