James Carlos Blake

James Carlos Blake was an American writer. His work has received critical favor and several awards. He has been lauded as "one of the greatest chroniclers of the mythical American outlaw life" and as "one of the most original writers in America today and … certainly one of the bravest." He was an esteemed recipient of the University of South Florida's Distinguished Humanities Alumnus Award and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, which he considered his crowning achievement.