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Les Savage
1922–1958
A fast, vivid western writer from the pulp era, he packed a remarkable amount of work into a career cut short at just thirty-five. His stories and novels helped shape mid-century frontier fiction on the page and on the screen.
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Treasure of the Brasada
by Les Savage
About the author
Les Savage Jr. was an American western writer born in Alhambra, California, on October 10, 1922. PulpFest describes him as the son of a silent-film actress and a Hollywood still photographer, and notes that he grew up in Los Angeles. His fiction started appearing in the pulps while he was still very young, with early stories published in 1943.
He became a notably prolific contributor to western pulp magazines, especially at Fiction House, and later wrote more than twenty books. Several of his works were adapted for film, including The Wild Horse, which became Black Horse Canyon, and Return to Warbow. He also worked on screen material, with credits connected to productions such as The Hills of Utah and The White Squaw.
Savage died in Santa Monica, California, on May 26, 1958. Even with a brief life, he left behind a strong reputation among readers of western fiction for lean storytelling, action, and an instinct for the dramatic sweep of the American frontier.