Don Bendell, (born January 8, 1947 in Akron, Ohio), is a best-selling American author of 26 books, including his brand new hardcover non-fiction book TRACKS OF HOPE . . .a MEMOIR and the popular new historical western novel STRONGHEART (Berkley Books, Sep. 2010), 4 military thriller novels about the Global War on Terrorism, 4 autobiographical Vietnam Era books, 6 science fiction novels (written under the pen name of Ron Stillman), and 10 historical Westerns – the "Colt" series—written from 1993-2000. He was born in Akron, Ohio, and now owns a ranch outside Florence, Colorado.