AESOP’S TRAVELS WINS 2024 SPUR AWARD!
The Western Writers of America named AESOP’S TRAVELS winner of the 2024 Spur Award for Best Traditional Novel. Spur Award winners and finalists were announced March 9 at the Tucson Festival of Books. Presentations are scheduled during WWA’s convention June 19-22 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Since 1953 WWA has promoted and honored the best in Western literature with the annual Spur Awards, selected by panels of judges. Awards, for materials published during the previous year, are given for works whose inspiration, image and literary excellence best represent the reality and spirit of the American West.
Dan & his wife, Kay, celebrated with friends & family members
About Daniel
“Daniel Boyd” is the pen name of Daniel Stumpf. Boyd writes fast-paced Westerns, mystery and crime stories with memorable characters. His first novel, ‘NADA (2010), was nominated for the Spur Award for Best First Novel by the Western Writers of America. Other books by Boyd include EASY DEATH (2014), THE DEVIL & STREAK WILSON (2020), AESOP’S TRAVELS (2023), and GONE TO GRAVEYARDS: A Streak Wilson Story (2023).
Boyd served on the police force for 25 years, eventually becoming Chief of Police at a department in Central Ohio. After he retired from the force, Boyd served as a driver for the American Red Cross for 20 years.
Now fully retired and enjoying life with his wife in central Ohio, Boyd spends his time writing, watching "old weird movies," studying HAMLET, and making tobacco pipes from upcycled objects.
Photo by Helen Abston
GONE TO GRAVEYARDS
#2 in the Streak Wilson Series
Folks said Streak Wilson rode with the Devil, and they steered clear of him—but when something with a taste for human blood began stalking the woods, they needed the sharpest tracker and best shot in the county: Streak Wilson!
AESOP’S TRAVELS
In the rough and lawless Dakota Territory, Charlie Greenfield rides out to seek revenge on the men who framed him for murder, accompanied by barkeep Beefy Beaumont and Aesop, an orphaned kid with a knack for sharp-shooting.
Other Books by Daniel Boyd
“Boyd has hooked me on a genre I hadn't previously read--the old west…His characters come to life with witty prose that makes this an easy read.”
— Amazon Reader Review of AESOP’S TRAVELS
“The clever plotting and touches of humor make this an excellent holiday crime caper for readers of hard-boiled mystery.”
— Library Journal review of EASY DEATH