Robert Vaughan is a renowned American author, best known for his contemporary and historical romance novels. He was born in Morley, MO, USA, and followed in his father's footsteps by joining the military. Vaughan served in army aviation during the 1950s and continued to serve until the end of the Vietnam War. His military service earned him several awards, including the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal.
Vaughan's military background is reflected in his early books, with his first novel being about the US Army along the DMZ in Korea. He then went on to write a trilogy set in Vietnam. His military knowledge and experience provided valuable insights that he used in his writing. Vaughan's books have been successful, with more than 9 million copies in print under various names. He was inducted into the Writers’ Hall of Fame in 1998, a testament to his significant contributions to literature.
In addition to his military-themed books, Vaughan has also written under several pseudonyms, including "Paula Moore" and "Paula Fairman." He has sold over 500 books in his career, which spans over 57 years. Vaughan's work has been recognized with several awards, including the Spur Award, the PORGIE Award for Best Paperback Original, and the Western Fictioneers Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also received the Readwest President's Award for Excellence in Western Fiction and is a Pulitzer Prize nominee. Vaughan's books have hit the New York Times bestseller list seven times, a remarkable achievement that highlights his popularity and success as an author.
The American Chronicles Books
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Year
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1
Dawn Of The Century
1992
2
Over There
1992
3
The Lost Generation
1992
4
Hard Times
1993
5
Portals of Hell
1993
6
The Iron Curtain
1994
7
Cold War
1995
8
The New Frontier
1995
9
Flower Children
1996
Arrow and Saber Books
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1
Oushata Massacre
2018
2
Cavanaugh's Island
2018
3
Comanche War
2018
4
The Templeton Massacre
2018
Brandywine's War Books
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1
Brandywine's War
1971
2
Back In Country
2015
Cade McCall Books
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Year
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1
Long Road To Abilene
2016
2
Cade's Revenge
2016
3
Cade's Redemption
2017
4
Cade At The Walls
2017
5
Army Scout
2019
Chaney Brothers Books
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1
Glory Dust
2015
2
The Chaney Edge
2015
3
The Hunters
2019
4
Chaney Law
2020
Crocketts Books
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1
Trail of Vengeance
2021
2
Slaughter In Texas
2021
3
Law Of The Rope
2021
4
The Town That Wouldn't Die
2021
5
Panhandle Justice
2021
6
Showdown At Red Rock
2021
7
Judgement Day
2021
8
A Time To Die
2021
9
Escape From The Devil
2021
10
Justice Of The Gun
2021
11
The Guns of Prescott
2021
12
The Lost Herd
2022
13
The Reckoning of Men (With: Chris Mullen)
2025
Dateline: Viet Nam Books
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Year
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1
Phu Loi
2016
2
An Loi
2016
Faraday Books (with James Reasoner)
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Title
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1
The Gold Train
2019
2
The Trackwalker
2019
3
Train of Glory
2019
4
The Iron Horse (By: James Reasoner)
2021
5
The Iron Horse
2021
6
The Buffalo Train (With: James Reasoner)
2021
7
The Buffalo Train
2021
The Founders Books
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Lost Lady of Laramie
2015
2
The Ranchers
2016
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The Raiders
2016
4
Warriors Of The Code
2017
5
Hearts Divided
2017
Hawke Books
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Ride With the Devil
2004
2
Showdown at Dead End Canyon
2005
3
Vendetta Trail
2005
4
The Law of a Fast Gun
2006
5
The King Hill War
2007
Lucas Cain Books
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A Rambling Man
2023
2
A Heap of Killing
2023
3
Ghost Coach
2023
4
Cain's Justice
2024
People of the Book Books (with Paul Block)
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Year
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1
The Masada Scroll
2007
2
Armor of God
2024
Power Brokers Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
The Power And The Pride
1976
2
Texas Proud
1987
Quinn Raiders Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Diablo Double Cross
2015
2
Blood Money
2018
Remington Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Red River Revenge
2016
2
Good Day For A Hangin'
2016
3
Showdown at Comanche Butte
2016
Slack Team Books
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1
Silent Coup
2017
2
Target Earth
2018
The War Torn Books
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1
The Brave and the Lonely
1982
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The Embattled & the Bold
1983
3
The Fallen and the Free
1983
4
The Divine and the Damned
1983
5
The Masters And The Martyrs
1983
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The Slaughter and the Terror (With: Brent Towns)
2021
7
The Slaughter and the Terror
2021
When Honor Dies Books
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When Honor Dies
2015
2
Blood Oath
2015
3
The Broken Covenant
2015
4
When Honor Dies: The Complete Crime Thriller Series
2020
Wild, Wild West Books
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1
The Wild Wild West
1998
2
The Night of the Death Train
1998
3
Night of the Assassin
1998
Standalone Novels
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Year
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1
Mistress of the Lash
1971
2
Slave's Blood
1972
3
The Valkyrie Mandate
1974
4
Nashville
1975
5
Heart of Nashville
1975
6
The Sin
1980
7
Nothing But Roses
1982
8
A Distant Bugle
1984
9
The Quick And The Dead
1984
10
Transgressions
1988
11
Legacy
1995
12
Yesterday's Reveille
1996
13
Andersonville
1996
14
Texas Glory: An Epic Saga Of The Alamo
1996
15
Blood on the Plains
1997
16
Range Wars
1997
17
Adobe Walls
1998
18
In Honored Glory
1999
19
Touch the Face of God
2002
20
Trailback
2003
21
Whose Voice the Waters Heard
2003
22
The Lawmen
2003
23
Christmas Past
2003
24
His Truth Is Marching On
2004
25
Light of Hope
2004
26
The Masada Scroll
2007
27
When Hell Came to Texas
2013
28
Savages
2014
29
Armor of God
2009
30
The Battle of Badwater
2015
31
Survival
2016
32
Thunder in the Whirlwind
2016
33
Terminal Event
2017
34
The Town Marshal
2018
35
Legend of a Gunfighter
2018
36
Javanna
2020
37
Trouble in The Valley
2021
38
Outlaw Justice
2021
39
Iron Horse
2021
40
The Battle For Texas
2021
41
On the Oregon Trail
2021
42
Cold Revenge
2022
43
The Tenderfoot
2022
44
Orphan Cowboy
2024
45
Slaughter at Rebel Ridge
2024
46
Hidden Hero
2024
47
Outpost in the Desert
2024
48
The Hunt for Big Cat
2024
49
Long Ride to Buffalo
2025
50
Riders of Glory: A Western Historical Fiction Novel
2025
Short Stories/Novellas
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1
Reckoning Day
2024
2
Trail to Brimstone
2024
Non-Fiction Books
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1
Random Thoughts of an Old Writer
2021
Ralph Compton Western Books
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1
Clarion's Call
2001
2
Blood and Gold ( By: Joseph A. West)
2004
3
Blood and Gold
2004
4
For the Brand (By: David Robbins)
2005
5
For the Brand
2005
6
Rio Largo
2006
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Rio Largo (By: David Robbins)
2006
8
Guns of the Canyonlands
2006
9
Guns of the Canyonlands ( By: Joseph A. West)
2006
10
Texas Empire ( By: Ralph Compton)
2006
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Texas Empire
2006
12
By the Horns
2006
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By the Horns ( By: David Robbins)
2006
14
Deadwood Gulch (By: John Edward Ames)
2006
15
Deadwood Gulch
2006
16
The Bloody Trail
2007
17
The Bloody Trail ( By: Marcus Galloway)
2007
18
A Wolf In the Fold
2007
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A Wolf In the Fold (By: David Robbins)
2007
20
Bluff City (By: David Robbins)
2007
21
Bluff City
2007
22
Blood Duel
2007
23
West Of The Law ( By: Joseph A. West)
2007
24
Death of a Bad Man
2008
25
Blood Duel ( By: David Robbins)
2007
26
Ride the Hard Trail
2008
27
Death of a Bad Man ( By: Marcus Galloway)
2008
28
Ride the Hard Trail (By: David Robbins)
2008
29
Bullet for a Bad Man
2008
30
Blood on the Gallows ( By: Joseph A. West)
2008
31
The Convict Trail
2008
32
Rawhide Flat
2009
33
Bullet for a Bad Man ( By: David Robbins)
2008
34
The Convict Trail ( By: Joseph A. West)
2008
35
Outlaw's Reckoning
2009
36
The Man From Nowhere
2009
37
Bounty Hunter (By: Joseph A. West)
2009
38
Rawhide Flat ( By: Joseph A. West)
2009
39
Bounty Hunter
2009
40
Outlaw's Reckoning ( By: Marcus Galloway)
2009
41
Fatal Justice
2009
42
Stryker's Revenge
2010
43
The Man From Nowhere ( By: Joseph A. West)
2009
44
Death of a Hangman
2010
45
Fatal Justice (By: David Robbins)
2009
46
Stryker's Revenge ( By: Joseph A. West)
2010
47
North to the Salt Fork
2010
48
Rusted Tin
2010
49
Death of a Hangman ( By: Joseph A. West)
2010
50
The Burning Range
2010
51
North to the Salt Fork (By: Dusty Richards)
2010
52
Rusted Tin ( By: Marcus Galloway)
2010
53
The Last Manhunt
2011
54
The Shadow Of A Gun (By: Henry Clay Merritt)
2010
55
The Stranger from Abilene
2011
56
The Burning Range ( By: Joseph A. West)
2010
57
The Ghost of Apache Creek
2011
58
The Last Manhunt ( By: Joseph A. West)
2011
59
Dead Man's Ranch
2012
60
The Stranger from Abilene ( By: Joseph A. West)
2011
61
Slaughter Canyon
2012
62
The Ghost of Apache Creek ( By: Joseph A. West)
2011
63
One Man's Fire
2012
64
Dead Man's Ranch ( By: Matthew P. Mayo)
2012
65
Tucker's Reckoning
2012
66
Slaughter Canyon ( By: Joseph A. West)
2012
67
Down on Gila River
2012
68
Brimstone Trail
2013
69
One Man's Fire ( By: Marcus Galloway)
2012
70
Straight Shooter
2013
71
Tucker's Reckoning ( By: Matthew P. Mayo)
2012
72
Down on Gila River ( By: Joseph A. West)
2012
73
The Hunted
2013
74
Brimstone Trail ( By: Marcus Galloway)
2013
75
Hard Ride to Wichita
2013
76
Straight Shooter ( By: Marcus Galloway)
2013
77
The Cheyenne Trail
2014
78
Double-Cross Ranch
2014
79
The Hunted ( By: Matthew P. Mayo)
2013
80
Hard Ride to Wichita ( By: Marcus Galloway)
2013
81
Comanche Trail
2014
82
The Dangerous Land
2014
83
The Cheyenne Trail (By: Jory Sherman)
2014
84
Vigilante Dawn
2014
85
Double-Cross Ranch ( By: Matthew P. Mayo)
2014
86
The Evil Men Do
2015
87
Comanche Trail (By: Carlton Stowers)
2014
88
Straight to the Noose
2015
89
The Dangerous Land ( By: Marcus Galloway)
2014
90
Vigilante Dawn ( By: Marcus Galloway)
2014
91
Shotgun Charlie
2015
92
The Evil Men Do (By: David Robbins)
2015
93
The Law and the Lawless
2015
94
Straight to the Noose ( By: Marcus Galloway)
2015
95
Brother's Keeper
2015
96
Shotgun Charlie ( By: Matthew P. Mayo)
2015
97
Texas Hills
2015
98
The Law and the Lawless (By: David Robbins)
2015
99
Outlaw Town
2016
100
Phantom Hill
2016
101
Brother's Keeper (By: David Robbins)
2015
102
Hellbound Posse
2021
103
Texas Hills (By: David Robbins)
2015
104
Outlaw Town (By: David Robbins)
2016
105
Phantom Hill ( By: Carlton Stowers)
2016
106
Hellbound Posse (By: Robert J. Randisi)
2021
Sundown Riders Books
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Title
Year
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1
North To The Bitterroot
1996
2
North To The Bitterroot ( By: Ralph Compton)
1996
3
Demon's Pass
2000
4
Runaway Stage (With: Ralph Compton)
2002
5
Runaway Stage
2002
6
Do or Die
2003
7
Do or Die (By: David Robbins)
2003
8
Nowhere, TX
2004
9
Nowhere, TX (By: Ralph Compton, David Robbins)
2004
10
Across the Rio Colorado
2004
11
Across the Rio Colorado (By: Ralph Compton)
2004
12
West of Pecos (By: David Robbins)
2005
13
West of Pecos
2005
14
The Winchester Run (By: Ralph Compton)
2007
15
The Winchester Run
2007
16
Whiskey River (By: Ralph Compton)
2011
17
Whiskey River
2011
18
Skeleton Lode
2011
19
Skeleton Lode (By: Ralph Compton)
2011
20
Devil's Canyon
2013
21
Devil's Canyon (By: Ralph Compton)
2013
22
Tin Star
2020
23
Tin Star (By: Jackson Lowry)
2020
24
Ralph Compton Tin Star
2020
25
The Wolves of Seven Pines (By: E. L. Ripley)
2020
26
Never Bet Against the Bullet (By: Jackson Lowry)
2020
27
The Wolves of Seven Pines
2020
28
Lost Banshee Mine (By: Jackson Lowry)
2020
29
Never Bet Against the Bullet
2020
30
Lost Banshee Mine
2020
31
Prairie Fire, Kansas (By: John Shirley)
2020
32
Calvert's Last Bluff (By: E. L. Ripley)
2020
33
Prairie Fire, Kansas
2020
34
Calvert's Last Bluff
2020
35
The Trail's End (By: E. L. Ripley)
2021
36
The Trail's End
2021
37
Stagecoach to Hell (By: Terrence McCauley)
2021
38
Snake's Fury (By: Bernard Schaffer)
2021
39
Ralph Compton Lost Banshee Mine
2021
40
Stagecoach to Hell
2021
41
The Outlaw Hunters (By: D B Pulliam)
2021
42
Snake's Fury
2021
43
Flames of Silver ( By: Jackson Lowry)
2021
44
Seven Roads to Revenge (By: Carlton Stowers)
2021
45
The Outlaw Hunters
2021
46
Flames of Silver
2021
47
The Winter of Wolves (By: Royal Harding)
2021
48
Seven Roads to Revenge
2021
49
Ghost Hollow Ranch (By: D.B. Pulliam)
2021
50
The Winter of Wolves
2021
51
The Reluctant Lawman (By: Craig Barstow)
2022
52
Ghost Hollow Ranch
2021
53
The Robber Barons (By: Craig Barstow)
2022
54
Snake Oil Justice (By: Jackson Lowry)
2022
55
The Reluctant Lawman
2022
56
The Robber Barons
2022
57
Snake Oil Justice
2022
Trail Drive Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
The Goodnight Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1992
2
The Goodnight Trail
1992
3
The Western Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1992
4
The Western Trail
1992
5
The Chisholm Trail
1993
6
The Chisholm Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1993
7
The Bandera Trail
1993
8
The Bandera Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1993
9
The California Trail
1994
10
The California Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1994
11
The Shawnee Trail
1994
12
The Shawnee Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1994
13
The Virginia City Trail
1994
14
The Virginia City Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1994
15
The Dodge City Trail
1995
16
The Dodge City Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1995
17
The Oregon Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1995
18
The Oregon Trail
1995
19
The Santa Fe Trail
1997
20
The Santa Fe Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1997
21
The Old Spanish Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1998
22
The Old Spanish Trail
1998
23
The Green River Trail
1999
24
The Green River Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1999
25
The Deadwood Trail
1999
26
The Deadwood Trail ( By: Ralph Compton)
1999
27
The Dakota Trail
2001
28
The Alamosa Trail
2002
29
The Bozeman Trail
2002
30
The Abilene Trail
2003
31
The Abilene Trail (By: Dusty Richards)
2003
32
Trail To Fort Smith (By: Dusty Richards)
2004
33
Trail To Fort Smith
2004
34
The Palo Duro Trail (By: Jory Sherman)
2004
35
The Palo Duro Trail
2004
36
The Ogallala Trail (By: Dusty Richards)
2005
37
The Ogallala Trail
2005
38
The Ellsworth Trail
2005
39
The Ellsworth Trail (By: Jory Sherman)
2005
40
The Tenderfoot Trail
2006
41
The Tenderfoot Trail (By: Joseph A. West)
2006
42
Trail to Cottonwood Falls (By: Dusty Richards)
2007
43
Trail to Cottonwood Falls
2007
44
The Amarillo Trail (By: Jory Sherman)
2011
45
The Amarillo Trail
2011
46
The Omaha Trail
2012
47
The Omaha Trail (By: Jory Sherman)
2012
48
Big Jake's Last Drive
2020
49
Big Jake's Last Drive (By: Robert J. Randisi)
2020
50
The Badlands Trail (By: Lyle Brandt)
2020
51
The Kelly Trail
2020
52
The Kelly Trail (By: Terrence McCauley)
2020
53
Drive for Independence
2020
54
Drive for Independence (By: Ralph Compton, Lyle Brandt)
2020
55
Red Trail
2020
56
Red Trail (By: John Shirley)
2020
57
The Empire Trail
2021
58
The Too-Late Trail
2021
59
The Empire Trail (By: Jeff Rovin)
2021
60
Terror Trail
2021
61
The Too-Late Trail (By: Matthew P. Mayo, Ralph Compton)