Western novelist and screenwriter Lee Martin grew up on cattle ranches in Northern California and has a long history of writing Westerns. Martin's novels and screenplays concentrate on traditional action Western, but screenplays in other genres are also available.One Texas Ranger is Martin's 30th traditional Western novel and is also written as a screenplay.Pearl Hart & the Violent Men, which is also written as a screenplay, was just honored by True West Magazine, January 2023, for their Best of the West: Best Western Historical Novelist and Novel.Martin's screen credits include three Western movies now produced.The Desperate Riders, written by Lee Martin and based on Martin's novel, produced and directed by Michael Feifer in Tennessee, was released February 25, 2022. Stars include Drew Waters, Trace Adkins, Tom Berenger, Vanessa Evigan, Sam Ashby, Victoria Pratt, Cowboy Troy, Rob Mayes, Brock O'Hurn and Peter Sherayko.Martin's novel The Siege at Rhyker's Station, with a screenplay by Lee Martin, was filmed in the mountains of Southern California.

It was released in December of 2021 as Last Shoot Out, produced and directed by Michael Feifer, and stars Brock Harris, Skylar Witte, Peter Sherayko, Jay Pickett, David Deluise, Michael Welch, Brock Burnett, Caia Coley, Keikilani Grune, Jerry Bestpitch, Cam Gigandet, and the legendary Bruce Dern. It received a great review in Variety. And Martin has just been awarded the coveted Spur Award by Western Writers of America for the Best Western Screenplay.Martin's screenplay for Shadow on the Mesa, starring Kevin Sorbo, Wes Brown, and Gail O'Grady, was based on Martin's novel of the same title (Five Star Publishing, 2014). The movie was the second-highest-rated and second-most-watched original movie in Hallmark Movie Channel's history when it premiered in 2013. The film also won the prestigious Wrangler Award given by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City for Best Original TV Western Movie.Martin is always working on the next novel and screenplay. For the latest news, follow Lee Martin Westerns on Facebook or visit the Author's Page on Amazon.