Born March 28, 1908, in Jamestown, ND; died of lung cancer, June 10, 1988, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Louis Charles (a veterinarian and farm-machinery salesman), and Emily LaMoore; married Katherine Elizabeth Adams, February 19, 1956; children: Beau Dearborn, Angelique Gabrielle. Education: Self-educated. Military/Wartime Service: U.S. Army, 1942-46; became first lieutenant. Memberships: Writers Guild of America (West), Western Writers of America, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, American Siam Society, California Writers Guild, California Academy of Sciences.

NOVELS

• Westward the Tide, World's Work, (Surrey, England), 1950, reprinted, Bantam (New York, NY), 1984.
• Hondo (expanded version of his story, The Gift of Cochise; also see below), Gold Medal (New York, NY), 1953, reprinted, Bantam Books (New York, NY), 2004.
• Crossfire Trail (also see below), Ace Books (New York, NY), 1954, reprinted with introduction by Keith Jarrod, Gregg (New York, NY), 1980, original reprinted, Bantam (New York, NY), 1985.
• Kilkenny (also see below), Ace Books (New York, NY), 1954, reprinted with introduction by Wesley Laing, Gregg (New York, NY), 1980, original reprinted, Bantam (New York, NY), 1984.
• Heller with a Gun (also see below), Gold Medal (New York, NY), 1954, Bantam (New York, NY), 1985
• To Tame a Land, Fawcett (New York, NY), 1955, reprinted, Bantam (New York, NY), 2007.
• Guns of the Timberlands, Jason, 1955, reprinted, Bantam (New York, NY), 1985.
• The Burning Hills, Jason, 1956, reprinted, Bantam (New York, NY), 1985.
• Silver Canyon (expanded version of his story, "Riders of the Dawn"), Avalon (New York, NY), 1956, reprinted, Bantam (New York, NY), 1981.
• Last Stand at Papago Wells (also see below), Gold Medal (New York, NY), 1957, reprinted, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• The Tall Stranger (also see below), Fawcett (New York, NY), 1957, reprinted, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• Sitka, Appleton (New York, NY), 1957, reprinted, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• Radigan, Bantam (New York, NY), 1958, reprinted, 1986.
• The First Fast Draw (also see below), Bantam (New York, NY), 1959, reprinted, G.K. Hall (Boston, MA), 1989.
• Taggart, Bantam (New York, NY), 1959, reprinted, 1982.
• Flint, Bantam (New York, NY), 1960, reprinted, 1985.
• Shalako, Bantam (New York, NY), 1962, reprinted, 1985.
• Killoe (also see below), Bantam (New York, NY), 1962 , reprinted, 1986.
• High Lonesome, Bantam (New York, NY), 1962, reprinted, 2005.
• How the West Was Won (based on the screenplay by James R. Webb), Bantam (New York, NY), 1963, reprinted, Thorndike (ME), 1988.
• Fallon, Bantam (New York, NY), 1963, reprinted, 1982.
• Catlow, Bantam (New York, NY), 1963, reprinted, 1984.
• Dark Canyon, Bantam (New York, NY), 1963, reprinted, 1985.
• Hanging Woman Creek, Bantam (New York, NY), 1964, reprinted, 1984.
• Kiowa Trail (also see below), Bantam (New York, NY), 1965, reprinted, 2006.
• The High Graders, Bantam (New York, NY), 1965, reprinted, 1989.
• The Key-Lock Man (also see below), Bantam (New York, NY), 1965, reprinted, 1986.
• Kid Rodelo, Bantam (New York, NY), 1966, reprinted, 1986.
• Kilrone, Bantam (New York, NY), 1966, reprinted, 1981.
• The Broken Gun, Bantam (New York, NY), 1966, reprinted, 1984.
• Matagorda, Bantam (New York, NY), 1967, reprinted, 1985.
• Down the Long Hills, Bantam (New York, NY), 1968, reprinted, 1984.
• Chancy, Bantam (New York, NY), 1968, reprinted, 1984.
• Conagher, Bantam (New York, NY), 1969, reprinted, 1982.
• The Empty Land, Bantam (New York, NY), 1969, reprinted, 1985.
• The Man Called Noon, Bantam (New York, NY), 1970, reprinted, 1985.
• Reilly's Luck, Bantam (New York, NY), 1970, reprinted, 1985.
• Brionne, Bantam (New York, NY), 1971, reprinted, 1989.
• Under the Sweetwater Rim, Bantam (New York, NY), 1971.
• Tucker, Bantam (New York, NY), 1971.
• Callaghen, Bantam (New York, NY), 1972.
• The Quick and the Dead, Bantam (New York, NY), 1973, revised edition, 1979.
• The Man from Skibbereen, G.K. Hall (Boston, MA), 1973.
• The Californios, Saturday Review Press (New York, NY), 1974.
• Where the Long Grass Blows, Bantam (New York, NY), 1976.
• The Rider of Lost Creek (based on one of his short stories), Bantam (New York, NY), 1976.
• The Mountain Valley War (based on one of his short stories), Bantam (New York, NY), 1978.
• Bendigo Shafter, Dutton (New York, NY), 1978.
• The Iron Marshall, Bantam (New York, NY), 1979.
• The Proving Trail, Bantam (New York, NY), 1979.
• Lonely on the Mountain, Bantam (New York, NY), 1980.
• Comstock Lode, Bantam (New York, NY), 1981.
• The Cherokee Trail, Bantam (New York, NY), 1982.
• The Shadow Riders, Bantam (New York, NY), 1982.
• The Lonesome Gods, Bantam (New York, NY), 1983.
• Son of a Wanted Man, Bantam (New York, NY), 1984.
• The Walking Drum, Bantam (New York, NY), 1984.
• Passin' Through, Bantam (New York, NY), 1985.
• Last of the Breed, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• West of the Pilot Range, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• A Trail to the West, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• The Haunted Mesa, Bantam (New York, NY), 1987.

Also author of Man Riding West, Carroll & Graf.

"SACKETT FAMILY" SERIES; NOVELS

• The Daybreakers, Bantam (New York, NY), 1960, reprinted, 1984.
• Sackett, Bantam (New York, NY), 1961, reprinted, 1984.
• Lando, Bantam (New York, NY), 1962, reprinted, 1985.
• Mojave Crossing, Bantam (New York, NY), 1964, reprinted, 1985.
• The Sackett Brand, Bantam (New York, NY), 1965, reprinted, 1985.
• Mustang Man, Bantam (New York, NY), 1966, reprinted, 1986.
• The Sky-Liners, Bantam (New York, NY), 1967, reprinted, Thorndike, 1986.
• The Lonely Men, Bantam (New York, NY), 1969, reprinted, 1984.
• Galloway, Bantam (New York, NY), 1970.
• Ride the Dark Trail, Bantam (New York, NY), 1972, reprinted, 1986.
• Treasure Mountain, Bantam (New York, NY), 1972.
• Sackett's Land, Saturday Review Press, 1974.
• To the Far Blue Mountains, Dutton (New York, NY), 1976.
• Sackett's Gold, Bantam (New York, NY), 1977.
• The Warrior's Path, Bantam (New York, NY), 1980.
• Ride the River, Bantam (New York, NY), 1983.
• Jubal Sackett, Bantam (New York, NY), 1985.

Also author of Sackett Companion: A Personal Guide to the Sackett Novels,m 1988 and Sackett Family, 1992.

"THE CHANTRYS" SERIES; NOVELS

• North to the Rails, Bantam (New York, NY), 1971.
• The Ferguson Rifle, Bantam (New York, NY), 1973.
• Over on the Dry Side, Saturday Review Press (New York, NY), 1975.
• Borden Chantry, Bantam (New York, NY), 1977.
• Fair Blows the Wind, Bantam (New York, NY), 1978.

• Rivers West, Saturday Review Press (New York, NY), 1974, reprinted, Dutton (New York, NY), 1989.
• The Man from the Broken Hills, Bantam (New York, NY), 1975.
• Milo Talon, Bantam (New York, NY), 1981.

• Hopalong Cassidy and the Riders of High Rock, Doubleday (Garden City, NJ), 1951, Aeonian, 1974.
• Hopalong Cassidy and the Rustlers of West Fork, Doubleday (Garden City, NJ), 1951, reprinted, Aeonian, 1976.
• Hopalong Cassidy and the Trail to Seven Pines, Doubleday (Garden City, NJ), 1951, reprinted, Aeonian, 1976.
• Hopalong Cassidy: Trouble Shooter, Doubleday (Garden City, NJ), 1952, Aeonian, 1976.

Also Hopalong Cassidy Novel Collection, 2002.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED UNDER PSEUDONYM JIM MAYO; REPRINTED UNDER AUTHOR'S REAL NAME; NOVELS

• Showdown at Yellow Butte (also see below), Ace Books (New York, NY), 1954, reprinted with introduction by Scott R. McMillan, Gregg (New York, NY), 1980, original reprinted, Bantam (New York, NY), 1983.
• Utah Blaine (also see below), Ace Books, 1954, reprinted with introduction by Wayne C. Lee, Gregg (New York, NY), 1980, original reprinted, Bantam (New York, NY), 1984.

• Kiowa Trail [and] Killoe, Ulverscroft (West Seneca, NY), 1979.
• The First Fast Draw [and] The Key-Lock Man, Ulverscroft (West Seneca, NY), 1979.
• Four Complete Novels (includes The Tall Stranger, Kilkenny, Hondo, and Showdown at Yellow Butte), Avenal Books (New York, NY), 1980.
• Five Complete Novels (includes Crossfire Trail, Utah Blaine, Heller with a Gun, Last Stand at Papago Wells, and To Tame a Land), Avenel Books (New York, NY), 1981.
• L'Amour Westerns (four volumes), Gregg (New York, NY), 1981.

Also Louis L'Amour: The Sacketts, 2005.

SHORT STORIES

• War Party, Bantam (New York, NY), 1975.
• Yondering, Bantam (New York, NY), 1980.
• The Strong Shall Live, Bantam (New York, NY), 1980.
• Buckskin Run, Bantam (New York, NY), 1981.
• Law of the Desert Born, Bantam (New York, NY), 1983.
• Bowdrie, Bantam (New York, NY), 1983.
• The Hills of Homicide, Bantam (New York, NY), 1984.
• Bowdrie's Law, Bantam (New York, NY), 1984.
• Riding for the Brand, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• Dutchman's Flat, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• The Trail to Crazy Man, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• The Rider of the Ruby Hills, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• Night Over the Solomons, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• West from Singapore, Bantam (New York, NY), 1987.
• Lonigan, Bantam (New York, NY), 1988.
• Long Ride Home, Bantam (New York, NY), 1989.
• The Outlaws of Mesquite, Bantam (New York, NY), 1991.
• Valley of the Sun: Frontier Stories, Bantam (New York, NY), 1995.
• West of Dodge: Frontier Stories, Bantam (New York, NY), 1996.
• End of the Drive, Bantam (New York, NY), 1997.
• May There Be a Road, Bantam Books (New York, NY), 2001.
• Stories of the Golden West, Book Three: A Western Trio, edited by Jon Tusca, Five Star (Waterville, ME), 2002.
• With These Hands, Bantam Books (New York, NY), 2002.
• From the Listening Hills, Bantam Books (New York, NY), 2003.
• Stories of the Golden West, Book Five: A Western Trio, edited by Jon Tusca, Five Star (Waterville, ME), 2004.
• The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Bantam Books (New York, NY) (series of volumes including volumes of The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: The Adventure Stories, and The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: The Frontier Stories), Bantam Books (New York, NY), 2007.
• Stories of the Golden West, Book Seven: A Western Trio, edited by Jon Tuska, Five Star (Waterville, ME), 2006.
• The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume Five, Bantam Books (New York, NY), 2007.

• (With Frank J. Gill, Jr., and Jack Natteford) East of Sumatra,1953.
• (With George Van Marter and Franklin Coen) Four Guns to the Border, 1954.
• With Tom Hubbard and Fred Eggers) Treasure of the Ruby Hills, 1955.
• (With Herb Meadow and Don Martin) Stranger on Horseback, 1955.
• (With Jack Natteford) Kid Rodelo, 1966.

• Smoke from this Altar (poetry), Lusk (Oklahoma City, OK), 1939.
• Frontier (essays), photographs by David Muench, Bantam (New York, NY), 1984.
• The Sackett Companion: A Personal Guide to the Sackett Novels (nonfiction), Bantam (New York, NY), 1988.
• A Trail of Memories: The Quotations of Louis L'Amour (excerpts from L'Amour's fiction), compiled by daughter, Angelique L'Amour, Bantam (New York, NY), 1988.
• The Education of a Wandering Man (autobiography), Bantam (New York, NY), 1989.
• Off the Mangrove Coast, Bantam (New York, NY), 2001.

Also author of movie scripts and more than sixty-five television scripts. Contributor of more than four hundred short stories and articles to more than eighty magazines in the United States and abroad, including Argosy, Collier's, and Saturday Evening Post.