Paul Colt's critically-acclaimed historical fiction crackles with authenticity. His analytical insight, investigative research, and genuine horse sense bring history to life in dramatizations that entertain and inform. Paul's Great Western Detective League series does action-adventure western style. Grasshoppers in Summer and Friends Call Me Bat are Western Writers of America Spur Award honorees. Grasshoppers in Summer received Will Rogers Medallion Award recognition. Boots and Saddles: A Call to Glory received the Marilyn Brown Novel Award, presented by Utah Valley University. Reviewers recognize Paul's lively, fast-paced style, complex plots, and touches of humor. Readers say, "Pick up a Paul Colt book, you can't put it down."Paul lives in Wisconsin with his wife and high school sweetheart, Trish.