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Robert K. Swisher, Jr. has been writing western contemporary fiction since 1967. To date twelve of his novels have been published ranging from young adult novels to historical fiction along with numerous short stories and a book of poetry. He is listed in YOUNG CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS, WHO’S WHO IN THE WEST, and the 2005 WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA. Six of his novels are still in print, with three out of print books due to be released within a year. During his writing career Swisher worked on several large ranches in New Mexico and for many years was a high mountain wilderness guide for hunting, fishing, and photography trips. The Land has been put on tape for the blind and physically handicapped, several novels have been optioned for movie rights and his books have received many excellent reviews from national publications. |
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY states: Swisher’s tales do not gloss over the harsh cruelties of man or nature… if there was a category of historical romances written for men, this moving novel would fit the bill.
THE ROUNDUP – Western Writers of America: Author Swisher brings to his stories an accurate and loving eye for the desert landscape and a genuine empathy with the people that live in his stories.
DAILY TIMES: Swisher’s characters are lively and interesting…their common love of the land never pales on the reader.
BEST SELLERS: Swisher has brought a sensibility to his perception of history that enables him to bring to life in graphic vignettes the lives and characteristics of various cultures.
SANTA FE REPORTER: Swisher succeeds well in putting the reader into the skin of his characters, his books are worth reading and re-reading.
BOOK CHAT: Swisher gives readers a sense of how the land endures and never really becomes any one individual's possession.
THE BOOK READER: Author Swisher writes movingly of the various peoples, dramatizing their days, painting a canvas of passion and cruelty and tenderness that is the Southwest.
THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW: Swisher’s novels will intrigue and interest any who appreciate the romance of the earth…inherently interesting material and a flair for the written word.
THE DENVER WESTERN ROUNDUP: Swisher has done a good job of making historical fiction readable and enjoyable.
Currently, Swisher has a four-book humorous mystery series he is trying to place and two contemporary fiction novels, one due out this Fall titled HOW FAR THE MOUNTAIN.