Born in Toledo, Ohio, The United States December 30, 1949
GenreЬ Fiction, Biography

Also writes as Judd Cole.

John Edward Ames has an MA in English and taught writing at the University of Northern Colorado and University of New Mexico before becoming a full time writer in 1987. His 56 novels include 45 westerns and western historicals. The Unwritten Order (1995) was nominated for a Spur Award from the Western Writers of America. He began his career at age 19 as a journalist in the U.S. Marine Corps.