Desert Reckoning, Paperback

Winner of the Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary

Winner of the LA Press Club Award for Best General Nonfiction

On a scorching summer day, Donald Kueck-a desert hermit who loved animals and hated civilization-gunned down beloved deputy sheriff Stephen Sorensen when he approached his trailer. As the sound of rifle fire echoed across the Mojave, Kueck vanished.

In Desert Reckoning, Deanne Stillman recounts a tragic tale, delving into the hidden history of Los Angeles County and tracing the paths of two men on a collision course that could only end in the modern Wild West.

About the Author:

Deanne Stillman is the author of Blood Brothers; Mustang, a California Book Award silver medalist; and Twentynine Palms, an LA Times Best Book of the Year that Hunter S. Thompson called "a strange and brilliant story by an important American writer."