O'Neal Gear, Kathleen

Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear have written 23 international bestsellers which have been translated into 21 languages. Their novel "People of the Raven" won the Golden Spur Award in 2005. Michael's solo novel "Morning River" was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1998. Separately and together they have written over 40 books. In addition to writing both fiction and non-fiction, the Gears operate an anthropological research company called Wind River Archaeological Consultants, and raise buffalo on their ranch in northern Wyoming.