Big Announcement
March 15, 2025, Tucson AZ
— Katlyn Bates’ Nightflower of Comanche Mound Named Western Writers of America 2025 Spur Award Finalist!
Nightflower of Comanche Mound, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D836QLVT, a contemporary young adult action-adventure novel set on the hostile plains of the Texas Staked Plains, follows 16-year old Charley Kensey who, seeking a sense of belonging, brashly invites herself to her estranged grandfather’s remote West Texas sheep ranch where she encounters a blind horse she names Radar. Guided by unexpected friendships and glimmers of her deceased Indigenous grandmother, Charley becomes entangled in a journey of grief, courage, and personal discovery as she confronts truths, navigates family secrets, and ultimately decides who she’ll choose to become in this timeless journey of second chances.
The 2025 Western Writers of America Convention will be in held June in Amarillo, TX. where Spur Winners and Finalists will be awarded for outstanding writing about the American West. Look for the Western Writers of America Spur Finalist medallion on future Nightflower of Comanche Mound book covers. https://www.westernwriters.org.
