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The provided text is a list of authors primarily known for their contributions to the Western fiction genre. It serves as a catalog of writers, alphabetized by last name, and includes their birth and death dates where available. Some entries also note pseudonyms used by the authors, indicating that a single individual might have published under multiple names. The list acknowledges that many authors featured have also explored other literary categories beyond Western fiction. No specific biographical information or thematic analysis of any individual author's work is presented, beyond their inclusion in this genre-specific compilation.