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Winfred Blevins

|birth_place=Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |death_date= |pseudonym=Caleb Fox |occupation=Author |nationality=American |alma_mater=Columbia University
University of Southern California |genres= |awards=Spur Award for Best Novel of the West (1995, 2004)
Owen Wister Award (2015) }} Winfred Blevins (October 21, 1938 – July 2, 2023) was an American author of fiction and non-fiction. He wrote many books about the western mountain trappers, and is known for his "mastery of western lore." His notable works include ''Stone Song'', ''So Wild a Dream'', and ''Dictionary of the American West''. According to WorldCat, the ''Dictionary of the American West'' is held in 728 libraries. Blevins won numerous awards, including being named winner of the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement in writing literature of the West, being selected for the Western Writers Hall of Fame, being twice named 'Writer of the Year' by [http://www.wordcraftcircle.org/ Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers], and winning two Spur Awards for Novel of the West. Provided by Wikipedia