George Wilhite Member Member since 2025

Mystery/contemporary western author.

Fiction Nonfiction

A two-time Edgar Award judge (2019 Best First Novel and 2023 Best Short Story), I have published a novel, The Texas Rodeo Murder, and numerous short stories, which have appeared in Rio Grande Review, ShadowKeep, American Western Magazine, Fedora III (an MWA anthology), INSIGHTS: An Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories, Kings River Review, Black Cat Weekly, Mystery Tribune, Mystery Magazine, and Hardluck Stories. Genres include western, noir, detective, mystery, and speculative fiction. I am an active member of Mystery Writers of America and Western Writers of America.
Retired college and university English professor and chair. Prior to teaching, I was a professional journalist and a rodeo cowboy/clown/bullfighter/photographer and editor of Rodeo News magazine, the official publication of the International Rodeo Association. Most of my mysteries are set in a rodeo or ranch environment of some kind.