Published:
Publisher Gives Well-Received History Lesson on L. Ron Hubbard's Impact on Classic Westerns at Annual Conference
OKLAHOMA CITY , June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The name and reputation of L. Ron Hubbard as a bona fide writer of westerns received widespread recognition from the writers and fans attending the 2009 Western Writers of America (WWA) annual conference held in Oklahoma City earlier this week.
Galaxy Press, publisher of Hubbard's fiction works and who is also a WWA member, attended the conference for the first time to promote the author's westerns as part of its mammoth 80-novel, 150-story Stories from the Golden Age series of Hubbard's original pulp fiction works from the 1930s and '40s in print and audiobook form.
The nearly week-long series of events culminated in the Spur Award ceremony hosted by WWA Executive Director and author Paul Hutton and WWA President and author Johnny Boggs, where the best that the western genre had to offer was honored in sixteen categories.
Hubbard produced more than 30 western stories based on his experiences as a young boy growing up on the frontier in early 1900'sMontana.
"We were very warmly received by the many accomplished and aspiring western writers alike who conveyed their appreciation of trendsetters like Hubbard and his contemporaries who helped pave the way for better, more authentic stories of the west," said John Goodwin, Galaxy Press president.
Hubbard knew the Old West well because he studied the folklore of range riders and homesteaders, of Indian tribes and their turbulent pasts in his youth, according to Goodwin: "His fascination with the frontier and his immersion in its history really separates Hubbard's works from those western writers who actually never lived in the authentic West."
"His familiarity with the real locale lets any reader really experience the excitement of another time and place."
The Stories from the Golden Age series is being released over six years and contains more than 150 stories in 80 books with their original pulp art. "The Series represents one of the largest releases of short fiction ever published for a single author," Goodwin said. "We're hoping to make publishing history."
For more information about Hubbard's stories, go to www.goldenagestories.com.
Western Writers of America (www.westernwriters.org) was founded in 1953 to promote the literature of the American West to encourage both aspiring and established authors of western fiction, history, non-fiction, young adult, romance and even western music.
SOURCE Galaxy Press
Copyright © 2009, PRNewswire
Copyright © 2009, NewsBlaze,
Daily NewsTags: ,ENT,PUB,BKS,TDS,OK-Galaxy-Hubbard
Search News
Daily News
