name: Will C. Knott
birth_date: 1927-08-07 00:00:00
death_date: 2010-04-24 00:00:00
genres: Westerns
avg_rating: 3.45
ratings_count: 80
about: William Cecil Knott was born on August 7, 1927, in Boston, MA. His westerns were usually by-lined Will C. Knott or published under a house-name. He was best known as a Western writer and contributed to three long-running series – Longarm, the Trailsman, and Slocum – as well as working on other series and writing stand-alone traditional Western novels under his own name. He also wrote several mystery novels, some house-name men’s adventure yarns, and a number of mystery and sports books for the young adult market under pen names including Bill Knott, Bill J. Carol, and William C. Knott. William Cecil Knott was born on August 7, 1927, in Boston, MA. His westerns were usually by-lined Will C. Knott or published under a house-name. He was best known as a Western writer and contributed to three long-running series – Longarm, the Trailsman, and Slocum – as well as working on other series and writing stand-alone traditional Western novels under his own name. He also wrote several mystery novels, some house-name men’s adventure yarns, and a number of mystery and sports books for the young adult market under pen names including Bill Knott, Bill J. Carol, and William C. Knott. ...more