Description: Honest presentation is only one characteristic of Frazee's well-crafted tales. He tells a convincing, satisfying, and unusual story even when employing stock Western situations. A major strength is his understanding of the nuances of character, of how people are motivated, of the good and bad within each person, and of the conflicts between man and his environment. Drawing upon his years in the mountains of Colorado, he can vividly and realistically depict a variety of Western settings and do so in such a way that the settings assume a character of their own.
Brief description:
Steve Frazee (1909-1992) began selling stories to Western and adventure pulp magazines in the late 1940s. His short story "My Brother Down There" won first place in the highly competitive annual story contest conducted by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. The story was also selected for Martha Foley's Best American Short Stories of the Year, a rare honor for a genre story. He expanded the story into the novel Moving Target and collaborated on the screenplay when it was filmed in 1957. Best known for his Western fiction, Frazee served as president of the Western Writers of America. He won the Western Heritage Award and was honored by the Cowboy Hall of Fame.