 theodore victor olsen (april 25, 1932 in rhinelander, wisconsin &ndash; july 13, 1993 in rhinelander) was an american western fiction author. ==biography== olsen's family immigrated from norway in 1901. theodore olsen was born on april 25, 1932 in rhinelander, wisconsin. he went to school in rhinelander and began to write in high school. he began a western novel at that time. olsen went to college in stevens point, wisconsin. he finally finished his novel, haven of the hunted, and it was published in 1956. olsen also began to sell western stories to pulp magazines at this time. though olsen would occasionally travel west, he lived his whole life in rhinelander and would use exhaustive research to help accurately portray scenes of the west in his stories. olsen was married to fellow western fiction author beverly butler. olsen died in rhinelander on july 13, 1993, and several works were published posthumously. much of t.v. olsen's family still lives in the rhinelander region. they own a  ranch with a century old farm house and dairy barn. ==bibliography== ===novels=== western * gunswift, fawcett books 1/1950, new ed. center point print 7/2006, isbn 1-58547-795-1  * haven of the hunted, ace books 1/1956, new ed. chivers press 6/2000, isbn 0-7540-3839-9  * man from nowhere, ace 1/1959, new ed. chivers 3/1992, isbn 0-7451-4515-0  * mcgivern, gold medal books 1/1960, new ed. thorndike press 4/2001, isbn 0-7838-9412-6  * high lawless, fawcett 1/1960, new ed. sagebush westerns 7/2010, isbn 0-7531-8518-6  * brand of the star, fawcett gold medal 1/1961, new ed. thorndike 4/2011, isbn 1-4104-3589-7  * ramrod rider, fawcett gold medal 1/1961, new ed. center point 9/2005, isbn 1-58547-644-2  * savage sierra, gold medal 1963, new ed. thorndike 3/1998, isbn 0-7838-8420-2  * man called brazos, fawcett gold medal 1/1964,
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