William Wallace Johnstone was a prolific American author, mostly of western, horror and survivalist novels. Born and raised in southern Missouri, Johnstone was the youngest of four children. His father was a minister and his mother a school teacher. He quit school when he was fifteen and worked in a carnival and as a deputy sheriff. He later served in the Army and, upon returning to civilian life, worked in radio broadcasting for 16 years. Johnstone started his writing career in 1970, but did not have any works published until 1979 (The Devil's Kiss) and became a full-time writer in 1980. He wrote close to two hundred books in numerous genres, including suspense and horror. His main publication series were Mountain Man, The First Mountain Man, Ashes and Eagles and his own personal favorite novel was The Last of the Dog Team (1980). He also authored two novels under the pseudonym William Mason. Johnstone had lived for many years in Shreveport, Louisiana, yet died in Knoxville, TN, at the age of 65. J. A. Johnstone is continuing William W. Johnstone's series.
Series
Books
The Nursery
1983
Cutthroat Canyon
2009
Stand Your Ground
2014
River of Blood
2015
The Chuckwagon Trail
2017
The Fires of Blackstone
2022
Dark Night in Big Rock
2022
Ghost Valley
2001
Sudden Fury
2000
Colter's Journey
2016
Hard Ride to Hell
2013
Killing Ground
2008
The Sanction
1981
The Blood of Patriots
2012
Killer Take All
2020
Every Mother's Son
2021
Dry Gulch Ambush
2013
Never Seen Deader
2017
The Devil to Pay
2018
Blood in the Dust
2020
A Frontier Christmas
2014
Terror in the Ashes
1992
Deadwood Gulch
2011
Frontier of Violence
2017
Hang Them Slowly
2016
Pride of the Mountain Man
1998
Battle in the Ashes
1993
Warpath of the Mountain Man/Valor of the Mountain Man
2002
The Devil's Heart
1983
Them
1992
A Hundred Ways to Kill
2012
The Butcher of Baxter Pass
2015
Terror of the Mountain Man
2014
Firebase Freedom
2012
Hatred in the Ashes
1997
Preacher's Massacre
2012
Forty Times a Killer!
A Novel of John Wesley Hardin
2014
Valor in the Ashes
1988
Scream of Eagles
1996
The Edge of Hell
2014
Preacher's Journey
2005
When All Hell Broke Loose
2021
What the Heart Knows
1995
Quest of the Mountain Man
2003
Revenge of the Dog Team
2009
Courage of the Mountain Man
1992
Die with the Outlaws
2020
The Frontier Overland Company
2023
A Town Called Fury
2006
A High Sierra Christmas
2018
Preacher's Peace
2003
Ambush of the Mountain Man
2003
The Eyes of Texas
2013
This Man Must Die
2023
Texas John Slaughter
2014
Rage of the Mountain Man
1994
Savage Country
2006
The Uninvited
1982
Jack-in-the-Box
1986
Survivor
2004
Smoke Jensen
The Beginning
2015
The Devil's Crossing
2022
Outlaw Country
2021
The Kerrigans
A Texas Dynasty
2014
Preacher's Rage
2018
Rebel Yell
2014
Darkly the Thunder
1990
Damnation Valley
2018
Texas Bloodshed
2012
Shootout of the Mountain Man
2010
The First Mountain Man
1991
Gunsmoke and Gold
1992
Blackfoot Messiah
1996
Blood of the Mountain Man
1992
Preacher's Pursuit
2009
D-Day in the Ashes
1994
Trigger Happy
2021
Cold Dead Cash
2023
Shot in the Back
2015
Town Tamer
2014
Preacher
2002
Bloody Sunday
2014
Too Soon to Die
2019
Nathan Stark, Army Scout
2018
Torture of the Mountain Man
2018
Hate Thy Neighbor
2017
Yuma Prison Crashout
2019
Savagery of the Mountain Man
2009
The Morgans
2018
The Fires of Hell
2023
Rig Warrior
1987
Day of Rage
2012
Dead Before Sundown
2011
Hunted
1995
Rockabilly Hell
1995
Code Name
Coldfire
2002
Massacre of Eagles
2011
When the Shooting Starts
2022
Riding Shotgun
2019
A Reason to Die
2018
Preacher's Blood Hunt
2014
Manhunt
2004
Biscuits and Gravy
2021
A Quiet, Little Town
2021
Destiny of the Mountain Man
2005
Bleeding Texas
2014
Justice of the Mountain Man
2000
The Bleeding Edge
2012
Standoff in the Ashes
1997
Strike of the Mountain Man
2012
A Time to Slaughter
2012
Better off Dead
2016
Knockdown
2020
Code Name
Kill Zone
2005
Preacher
The Legendary Mountain Man: How It All Began
2006
Target Response
2010
The Last of the Dog Team
1981
Spirit of the Mountain Man
1995
Torture Town
2014
Preacher's Blood Bath
2015
Stranglehold
2019
Bad Men Die
2015
Toy Cemetery
1987
Matt Jensen, the Last Mountain Man
2007
The High Country
2025
Firestick
2018
Cheyenne Challenge
1995
Sandman
1988
Avenger
2007
Preacher's Showdown
2008
Heart of the Mountain Man
2000
Preacher's Purge
2022
Eighteen Wheel Avenger
1988
Cold-Blooded
2015
Triumph in the Ashes
1998
Rockinghorse
1986
Fury of the Mountain Man
1993
Dead Shot
2013
Dig Your Own Grave
2019
Riding the Nightmare
2022
Ordeal of the Mountain Man
1996
Guns of the Mountain Man
1999
Montana
A Novel of the Frontier America
2024
Beans, Bourbon, and Blood
2024
Wheels of Death
1988
Devil Creek Crossfire
1992
Marked For Death
2021
Wind in the Ashes
1986
Enemy in the Ashes
2002
Sweet Dreams
1985
Bloodshed of the Mountain Man
2015
Cunning of the Mountain Man
1994
Bloody Trail of the Mountain Man
2019
Border War
2006
Imposter
2002
From the Ashes
America Reborn
1998
Revenge of the Mountain Man
1988
Fort Misery
2023
Hang Him Twice
2018
A Big Sky Christmas
2013
White Lightning
2020
Hell's Gate
2017
By the Neck
2021
Preacher's Fury
2012
Shootout at Gold Creek
1993
The Legend of Perley Gates
2018
Return of the Mountain Man
1986
Butchery of the Mountain Man
2013
Snake River Slaughter
2010
Tyranny
2015
A Lone Star Christmas
2011
Twelve Dead Men
2017
The Texas Moonshiners
2023
Judgment in the Ashes
1997
A Rocky Mountain Christmas
2012
Prairie Fire
2022
Ride the Savage Land
2018
Luke Jensen, Bounty Hunter
2012
The Edge of Violence
2017
Blood Bond
1989
Leaving Independence
2025
Go West, Young Man
A Riveting Western Novel of the American Frontier
2021
Taylor Callahan, Circuit Rider
2022
Courage in the Ashes
1991
Violent Sunday
2005
A Time For Vultures
2016
Preacher's Carnage
2020
Rattlesnake Wells, Wyoming
2017
The Hanging Road
2007
Blood and Bullets
2018
The Wicked and the Dead
2024
Rescue
2003
Honor of the Mountain Man
1998
The Scavengers
2020
Vengeance Is Mine
2005
Song of Eagles
1999
Alone in the Ashes
1985
The Great Train Massacre
2016
Rising Fire
2020
A Jensen Family Christmas
2019
