Born: 04/08/1918   Pinckney , MI
Died: 09/23/1992
Parents: Fred H. and Lila Swarthout
Spouse: Kathryn, teacher and author
Children: Miles
Address(es):
Last known
Scottsdale , AZ
Contact Information:
Website : http://www.glendonswarthout.com/familybios.htm#Glendon

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Easterns and Westerns	Fiction , Short Stories	Adult	Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press	2001
	Pinch Me, I Must be Dreaming	Fiction , Humor	Adult	New York : St. Martin's Press	1994
	The Homesman	Fiction , Western	Adult	New York : Weidenfeld & Nicholson	1988
	The Old Colts	Historical Fiction , Western	Adult	New York : Donald I. Fine	1985
	Skeletons	Fiction , Mystery	Adult	New York : Doubleday	1979
	The Melodeon - Autobiographical Christmas Story.	Historical Fiction , Michigan	Adult	New York : Doubleday	1977
	The Shootist - Filmed by Paramount in 1976 with John Wayne and Lauren Bacall	Fiction , Western	Adult	Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday	1975
	Luck and Pluck	Fiction	Adult	Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday	1973
	The Tin Lizzie Troop	Historical Fiction , Humor	Adult	Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday	1972
	Bless the Beasts and Children - Filmed by Columbia in 1971	Fiction , Action , Adventure	Adult	Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday	1970
	Loveland - Every June college students swarm to northern Michigan resorts for summer employment. Charlevoix was the place to go.	Historical Fiction , Humor , Michigan	Adult	Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc.	1968
	The Eagle and the Iron Cross	Historical Fiction	Adult	New York : New American Library	1966
	The Cadillac Cowboys	Fiction , Humor , Western	Adult	New York : Random House	1964
	Welcome to Thebes - A fictional town near Grand Rapids, MI is caught up in a scandal involving the moral character of its citizens. The return of a young man bearing vengeance provokes the threat to Thebes.	Historical Fiction , Michigan	Adult	New York: Random House	1962
	Where the Boys Are - Filmed by MGM in 1960	Fiction	Adult	New York: Random House	1960
	They Came to Cordura - Filmed by Columbia in 1959	Historical Fiction	Adult	New York: Random House	1958
	Willow Run - Reprint 1982	Historical Fiction , Michigan	Adult	New York : Thomas Y. Crowell	1943
	Other writings: - Contributor to Cosmopolitan, Collier's, New World Writing, Esquire, and Saturday Evening Post. Six juvenile books with Kathryn Swarthout: The Ghost and the Magic Saber, Whichaway, The Button Boat, TV Thompson, The Whales to See, Cadbury's Coffin

What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed. says, "My forebears came via covered wagon from upper New York State in 1836 and settled in Livingston County, south of Howell, where some of the Chubb farm still remains in the family. The Swarthouts followed the same path in the same year and settled northeast of Pinckney. 'Swarthout Road' there is named after them. My great grandfather, Ephraim B. Chubb, served in the 10th Michigan Calvary, company K, during the Civil War, seeing action in Kentucky and Tennessee."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Name	Date
Inducted into the Western Writers Hall of Fame	2008
Lifetime Achievement Award, Western Writers of America	1991
Wrangler Award, Outstanding Western Novel, Western Heritage Foundation	1988
Spur Award, Best Novel Western Writers of America - Award received for following years: 1975, 1988	1975
Gold Medal, National Society of Arts & Letters	1972
O. Henry Prize Short Stories	1960
Hopwood Award in Fiction	1948
Playwriting Award, Theatre Guild	1947

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