Ralph Cotton

Ralph W. Cotton is an American author working in the western genre who has written over thirty five novels since 1994.

He began writing in the third grade, finding it to be an escape from the school work at which he did poorly. Ralph Cotton attributes much of his success as a writer to his earlier careers, which inclue second mate on a commercial barge, teamster, lay minister with the Lutheran church and iron worker.

He launched his writing career with While Angles Dance in 1994 which was nominated for a Pulitzer prize.