C. M. Wendelboe is a prolific author of murder mysteries with a Western flair and traditional Westerns. He writes the Spirit Road Mysteries, the Bitter Wind Mystery series, as well as the Nelson Lane Frontier Mysteries, and the Tucker Ashley Western series. He entered the law enforcement profession when he was discharged from the Marines as the Vietnam War was winding down. In the 1970s, he worked in South Dakota and later moved to Gillette, Wyoming, where he found his niche and remained a sheriff's deputy for over twenty-five years. In addition, he was a longtime firearms instructor at the local college and within the community. During his thirty-eight-year career in law enforcement, he served successful stints as police chief, policy adviser, and other supervisory roles for several agencies. Yet, he has always been most proud of "working the street" in the Wild West. He was a patrol supervisor when he retired to pursue his true vocation as a fiction writer. Wendelboe now lives and writes in Cheyenne, Wyoming. His newest Spirit Road Mystery, Death Under the Deluge, will be published by Encircle Publications on September 27, 2023.