Bio: Frank O'Rourke, in a long and distinguished career spanning four decades, published more than sixty works of fiction, including sports novels, westerns, and mysteries in his early career and, in later years, novels of midwestern America and contemporary satires. He was awarded the Southwestern Library Association's 1958-59 Award for his historical novel about New Mexico, The Far Mountains. Among the motion pictures made out of his books is the classic adventure film The Professionals, based on his novel A Mule for the Marquesa.