Western Writers of America to Honor THE REBEL Creator, Idaho-based Publisher

Western Writers of America to Honor THE REBEL Creator, Idaho-based Publisher

CODY, Wyo., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Author Andrew J. Fenady, whose credits include the Nick Adams TV series THE REBEL and the 1970 John Wayne movie CHISUM, will receive the Owen Wister Award for lifetime contribution to Western literature, Western Writers of America has announced.

And WWA will also present Caldwell, Idaho-based publisher Caxton Press the first Lariat Award, to be given periodically to an individual, publishing company or other institution for outstanding service and commitment to Western literature and to WWA.

Fenady and Caxton Press will be honored here during the WWA's annual convention, June 13-17. The nonprofit Western Writers of America (www.westernwriters.org) was founded in 1953 to promote and recognize literature of the American West.

Fenady, a Toledo, Ohio, native who lives in Los Angeles, has been a Western novelist, motion picture screenwriter and producer, song lyricist, stage play writer and creator of network television MOVIE OF THE WEEK features and TV series.

In addition to creating THE REBEL, which aired from 1959 to 1961, he also wrote the show's theme song, THE REBEL-JOHNNY YUMA, which became a hit for Johnny Cash. He was a WWA Spur Award finalist this year in the Best Original Paperback category for RIDERS TO MOON ROCK.

Fenady also helped produce and write the 1965-66 Chuck Connors series BRANDED. Other novels include THE SUMMER OF JACK LONDON and DOUBLE EAGLES.

Caxton traces its roots to 1895, when Albert E. Gipson began a horticultural magazine in Caldwell. In 1903, he sold the magazine and within a year the Gem State Rural Publishing Company dissolved and reorganized as a commercial printer. The name and emblem of William Caxton, England's first printer, was adopted out of respect for Caxton's reputation as a printer, writer, historian and free press proponent.

The company's first real publishing venture was in 1925, when Fred E. Lukens' book IDAHO CITIZEN became a commercial success. Today, Caxton publishes about a half dozen new titles each year, focusing on nonfiction Western Americana topics. Its writers have included literary notables Vardis Fisher, Ayn Rand and Bill Gulick.

Source: Western Writers of America

CONTACT: Johnny D. Boggs, +1-505-466-3680, jdboggs@aol.com, for Western
Writers of America

Web site: http://www.westernwriters.org/

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