Western Writers Hall Of Fame

Western Writers Hall Of Fame

The Western Writers Hall of Fame is housed at the McCracken Research Library (MRL) at the Center for the American West in Cody, Wyoming. Nominations for the Western Writers Hall of Fame may come from any WWA member.

Inductees

  • 2024
    • Quintard Taylor
  • 2023
    • Joseph M. Marshall III
    • Charles Badger Clark
  • 2022
    • Irene Bennett Brown
    • Vine Deloria Jr.
  • 2021
    • W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear
    • Ivan Doig
  • 2020
    • Johnny D. Boggs
    • Conrad Richter
  • 2019
    • Will Bagley
    • Johnny Cash
  • 2018
    • Rudolfo Anaya
    • Paul Horgan
  • 2017
    • Louise Erdrich
    • Norman Maclean
  • 2016
    • Lucia St. Clair Robson
    • John G. Neihardt
  • 2015
    • Edward Abbey
    • Judy Alter
    • S. Omar Barker
    • Win Blevins
    • Matt Braun
    • Dee Brown
    • Benjamin Capps
    • Jose Cisneros
    • Don Coldsmith
    • Robert J. Conley
    • James A. Crutchfield
    • David Dary
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Loren D. Estleman
    • Max Evans
    • Andrew J. Fenady
    • John Ford
    • Fred Grove
    • Bill Gulick
    • W. Foster Harris
    • Tony Hillerman
    • John Jakes
    • Douglas C. Jones
    • Alvin M. Josephy Jr.
    • Elmer Kelton
    • David Lavender
    • Tom Lea
    • Elmore Leonard
    • Leon C. Metz
    • N. Scott Momaday
    • Nelson Nye
    • Lewis B. Patten
    • Jory Sherman
    • Gordon Shirreffs
    • Robert M. Utley
    • Glenn Vernam
    • Dale L. Walker
    • John Wayne
    • Richard S. Wheeler
    • Jeanne Williams
    • Norman Zollinger
  • 2014 Angie Debo
  • 2013 Terry C. Johnston
  • 2012 Edna Ferber
  • 2011 Wayne D. Overholser
  • 2010 Harold McCracken
  • 2009 Frederick Schiller Faust (Max Brand)
  • 2008 Glendon Swarthout
  • 2007 Frederick Jackson Turner
  • 2006 Frank Waters
  • 2005
    • Jack Shaefer
    • Will Henry
  • 2004
    • Leland Sonnichsen
    • Walter Prescott Webb
  • 2022 Irene Bennett Brown
  • 2021
    • W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear
    • Ivan Doig
  • 2020
    • Johnny D. Boggs
    • Conrad Richter
  • 2019
    • Will Bagley
    • Johnny Cash
  • 2018
    • Rudolfo Anaya
    • Paul Horgan
  • 2017
    • Louise Erdrich
    • Norman Maclean
  • 2016
    • Lucia St. Clair Robson
    • John G. Neihardt
  • 2015
    • Edward Abbey
    • Judy Alter
    • S. Omar Barker
    • Win Blevins
    • Matt Braun
    • Dee Brown
    • Benjamin Capps
    • Jose Cisneros
    • Don Coldsmith
    • Robert J. Conley
    • James A. Crutchfield
    • David Dary
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Loren D. Estleman
    • Max Evans
    • Andrew J. Fenady
    • John Ford
    • Fred Grove
    • Bill Gulick
    • W. Foster Harris
    • Tony Hillerman
    • John Jakes
    • Douglas C. Jones
    • Alvin M. Josephy Jr.
    • Elmer Kelton
    • David Lavender
    • Tom Lea
    • Elmore Leonard
    • Leon C. Metz
    • N. Scott Momaday
    • Nelson Nye
    • Lewis B. Patten
    • Jory Sherman
    • Gordon Shirreffs
    • Robert M. Utley
    • Glenn Vernam
    • Dale L. Walker
    • John Wayne
    • Richard S. Wheeler
    • Jeanne Williams
    • Norman Zollinger
  • 2014 Angie Debo
  • 2013 Terry C. Johnston
  • 2012 Edna Ferber
  • 2011 Wayne D. Overholser
  • 2010 Harold McCracken
  • 2009 Frederick Schiller Faust (Max Brand)
  • 2008 Glendon Swarthout
  • 2007 Frederick Jackson Turner
  • 2006 Frank Waters
  • 2005
    • Jack Shaefer
    • Will Henry
  • 2004
    • Leland Sonnichsen
    • Walter Prescott Webb
  • 2022 Irene Bennett Brown
  • 2021
    • W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear
    • Ivan Doig
  • 2020
    • Johnny D. Boggs
    • Conrad Richter
  • 2019
    • Will Bagley
    • Johnny Cash
  • 2018
    • Rudolfo Anaya
    • Paul Horgan
  • 2017
    • Louise Erdrich
    • Norman Maclean
  • 2016
    • Lucia St. Clair Robson
    • John G. Neihardt
  • 2015
    • Edward Abbey
    • Judy Alter
    • S. Omar Barker
    • Win Blevins
    • Matt Braun
    • Dee Brown
    • Benjamin Capps
    • Jose Cisneros
    • Don Coldsmith
    • Robert J. Conley
    • James A. Crutchfield
    • David Dary
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Loren D. Estleman
    • Max Evans
    • Andrew J. Fenady
    • John Ford
    • Fred Grove
    • Bill Gulick
    • W. Foster Harris
    • Tony Hillerman
    • John Jakes
    • Douglas C. Jones
    • Alvin M. Josephy Jr.
    • Elmer Kelton
    • David Lavender
    • Tom Lea
    • Elmore Leonard
    • Leon C. Metz
    • N. Scott Momaday
    • Nelson Nye
    • Lewis B. Patten
    • Jory Sherman
    • Gordon Shirreffs
    • Robert M. Utley
    • Glenn Vernam
    • Dale L. Walker
    • John Wayne
    • Richard S. Wheeler
    • Jeanne Williams
    • Norman Zollinger
  • 2014 Angie Debo
  • 2013 Terry C. Johnston
  • 2012 Edna Ferber
  • 2011 Wayne D. Overholser
  • 2010 Harold McCracken
  • 2009 Frederick Schiller Faust (Max Brand)
  • 2008 Glendon Swarthout
  • 2007 Frederick Jackson Turner
  • 2006 Frank Waters
  • 2005
    • Jack Shaefer
    • Will Henry
  • 2004
    • Leland Sonnichsen
    • Walter Prescott Webb

Other Inductees

  • Andy Adams
  • Ramon F. Adams
  • Mary Austin
  • Eve Ball
  • B. M. Bower
  • Walter Campbell (Stanley Vestal)
  • Willa Cather
  • Walter Van Tilburg Clark
  • Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)
  • James Fenimore Cooper
  • Peggy Simson Curry
  • H. L. Davis
  • Bernard DeVoto
  • J. Frank Dobie
  • Vardis Fisher
  • Mary Hallock Foote
  • Frederick Glidden (Luke Short)
  • Zane Grey
  • A.B. Guthrie
  • Ernest Haycox
  • Washington Irving
  • Helen Hunt Jackson
  • Will James
  • Dorothy M. Johnson
  • Louis L’Amour
  • Jack London
  • Francis Parkman
  • William MacLeod Raine
  • Eugene Manlove Rhoades
  • Mari Sandoz
  • James Willard Schultz
  • Ernest Thompson Seton
  • Wallace Stegner
  • John Steinbeck
  • Thomas Thompson
  • Stanley Vestal
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Owen Wister
  • Donald C. Worcester
  • Nellie Snyder Yost
  • Andy Adams
  • Ramon F. Adams
  • Mary Austin
  • Eve Ball
  • B. M. Bower
  • Walter Campbell (Stanley Vestal)
  • Willa Cather
  • Walter Van Tilburg Clark
  • Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)
  • James Fenimore Cooper
  • Peggy Simson Curry
  • H. L. Davis
  • Bernard DeVoto
  • J. Frank Dobie
  • Vardis Fisher
  • Mary Hallock Foote
  • Frederick Glidden (Luke Short)
  • Zane Grey
  • A.B. Guthrie
  • Ernest Haycox
  • Washington Irving
  • Helen Hunt Jackson
  • Will James
  • Dorothy M. Johnson
  • Louis L’Amour
  • Jack London
  • Francis Parkman
  • William MacLeod Raine
  • Eugene Manlove Rhoades
  • Mari Sandoz
  • James Willard Schultz
  • Ernest Thompson Seton
  • Wallace Stegner
  • John Steinbeck
  • Thomas Thompson
  • Stanley Vestal
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Owen Wister
  • Donald C. Worcester
  • Nellie Snyder Yost