C. Courtney Joyner

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C. Courtney Joyner
Occupation(s)Author, director, journalist

C. Courtney Joyner is an American author, screenwriter, director and occasional actor. He is also the cousin of actress Allison Mackie.

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Author

Among the books he has written are Shotgun, a western set in the 1880s, [1] Six Guns and Sleigh Bells and Two Bit Kill. He is a regular columnist for True West Magazine and regularly contributes to The Round-Up, Western Writers of America's monthly magazine. He has twice been nominated for the Peacemaker award for Best Short Story. [2] At one of the Western Writers of America conferences, chairman Paul Andrew Hutton and Johnny Boggs presented Joyner with an award for "Outstanding Service to Western Writers of America". [3]

In March 2021, Joyner appeared on episode 8 of the Ghost of Hollywood radio show to discuss his work on the film Class of 1999 . [4]

Bibliography

Books

Short stories

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Graphic novels and comics

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Filmography

As director

Audio commentary

As actor

As writer

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