Order of James Carlos Blake Books

James Carlos Blake is an American writer known for his historical crime fiction and western novels. He was born in Mexico and has American, English, and Irish ancestry, with lineage tracing back to a British pirate executed in Mexico. Blake served in the U.S. Army Airborne before obtaining his B.A. and M.A. from the University of South Florida in Tampa Bay, and his M.F.A. from Bowling Green State University. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1997, he primarily worked as a college instructor, but also held various jobs including snake-catcher, Volkswagen mechanic, pool maintenance worker, and county jail properties officer. Blake published his first novel, The Pistoleer, in 1995. Below is a list of his books in the order of their initial release: