Jim R. Woolard

Fascinated by his father’s tales of the frontier, Jim R. Woolard earned a doctorate in American history and spent years researching Ohio history from 1790 to 1815. Jim’s goal in his writing is to portray every-day life on the Ohio frontier as accurately as possible. His historical novels take the form of personal memoirs. Jim’s first novel, Thunder in the Valley, won the 1996 Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Award for best first novel and
the 1996 WWA Spur award for best original paperback novel. The award-winning Thunder in the Valley was followed by Winds of Autumn, Cold Moon and Blood at Dawn.

Jim recently completed Feathered Tide, a novel based on the River Raisin Massacre and the first siege of Fort Meigs during the War of 1812.

Forthcoming historical novels:

Colorado Sam, an adventure/murder mystery featuring a huge dog and a young man in great danger, set in 1891 Alamosa, Colorado.

Ozark Red, a novel about a father, his son, and their champion coonhound set in 1956 Newark, Ohio, Goldminds Publishing, LLC, November, 2007.