Steven Anderson has worked in the writing and publishing industry for fifteen years. As a writer he has written and published four novels, his latest, Yuma Gold, by Penguin Group in New York (November 2011). For twelve years he has worked as a literary publicist for as many as thirty best-selling authors, including Stephen Harrigan and the late Elmer Kelton. As a publicist he has worked with numerous publishing houses, including Alfred Knopf, Tor/Forge Books, St. Martin's Press, Little Brown, and others. Steven is founder of the ReadWest Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organizatio n dedicated to increasing the awareness and diversity of Western literature.