{"product_id":"2940016617107","title":"An Accidental Novelist","description":"At mid-life Richard Wheeler never dreamed of writing fiction. By his early seventies, he had published over sixty novels and made his entire living from writing popular fiction. A series of employment crises as a young newsman and book editor forced him to turn to a new way to make a living-- and he chose fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt first he wrote westerns, but swiftly turned to large-scale historical novels, and then biographical novels, a field he had almost to himself. He wrote popular fiction, and was widely published by both hardcover and mass-market houses, including Forge, Doubleday, Bantam, Fawcett, Ballantine, M. Evans, and Walker and Company. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of his struggle to gain a foothold in the tough world of popular fiction. It is the story of the many generous friends who helped and advised him, and gave him a hand when he needed one. It is a story of defeats and discouragements, along with sudden joys and rewarding accomplishments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe has won six Spur Awards from Western Writers of America, and the Owen Wister Award for lifetime contributions to the literature of the West. Several of his novels have received starred reviews, and one of them, The Richest Hill on Earth, made the Kirkus Reviews list of the Best Fiction of 2011. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd threading through his late-life career is his mission to write of the American West in new and realistic ways.","brand":"Richard S. Wheeler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101487677680,"sku":"2940016617107","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016617107_p0.jpg?v=1763638642","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016617107","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}