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November 11, 1937
Ronald Lee “Dusty” Richards was born in Chicago, Illinois. Richards is the author of numerous western novels and a noted mentor each year to hundreds of beginning writers. Since 2000, he has been a patron contributor of the Arkansas Writers Conference. In 2005, he received the Cowboy Culture Award for the many hours he has volunteered in helping aspiring authors. Many of Richards’s novels are set in Arkansas.