Will Cook (writer)

William Everett Cook
Born1921
DiedJuly 1964
Pen nameWill Cook,
Frank Peace,
James Keene,
Wade Everett
OccupationNovelist
Period1950–64
GenreWestern fiction

William Everett Cook (1921 – July 1964), was a western writer who used the pen names Will Cook, James Keene, Wade Everett and Frank Peace. Called "a master western storyteller,"[1] Cook published dozens of short stories and 50 novels before his death at age 42. A number of his stories and novels were turned into Hollywood westerns, including the 1961 John Ford film Two Rode Together.