family of storytellers, and to his mentor and teacher at the University of Montana, Dorothy M. Johnson. Svee also teaches writing at Montana State University. Svee's novel Sanctuary won the 1990 Spur Award given annually by the Western Writers of America for the best Western novel award. Svee was also the co-author of Script-ease, a guide to writing fiction. Bibliography Spirit Wolf (1987) Incident at Pishkin Creek (1989) Sanctuary (1990) Single Tree (1994) The Peacemaker's Vengeance (2003) Showdown at Buffalo Jump (also published as Incident at Pishkin Creek) (2003) Outcast (2005) References 1943 births 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists Living people Writers from Montana University of Montana alumni Western (genre) writers American male journalists Rocky Mountain College Journalists from Montana 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers