W.K. Stratton

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Round Rock, TX

Texas US

Website:

Education:

Literary agent:

James Donovan

Books:

The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film (Bloomsbury USA, 2019)

Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing's Invisible Champion (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Chasing The Rodeo: On Wild Rides and Big Dreams, Broken Hearts and Broken Bones, and One Man's Search for the West (Harcourt, 2005)

Splendor in the Short Grass: The Grover Lewis Reader (University of Texas Press, 2005)

Backyard Brawl (Crown, 2002)

Books:

Last Red Dirt Embrace (Lamar University Literary Press, 2022)

Betrayal Creek (Lamar University Literary Press, 2021)

Colo-State-Pen: 18456: A Dark Miscellany (Lamar University Literary Press, 2018)

Ranchero Ford/Dying in Red Dirt Country (Lamar University Literary Press, 2015)

Dreaming Sam Peckinpah (Ink Brush Press, 2011)

Prizes won:

Western Heritage Award (Bronze Wrangler), Edwin "Bud" Shrake Award for Short Nonfiction, Oklahoma Book Award,

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Born in:

Guthrie, OK

Oklahoma

Raised in:

Guthrie, OK

Oklahoma

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Last update: Dec 10, 2023