Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson is an American mystery novelist best known for the Walt Longmire series, set in fictional Absaroka County in northern Wyoming. The series began with The Cold Dish in 2004 and has grown to more than twenty novels, alongside novellas such as Spirit of Steamboat, The Highwayman and Tooth and Claw, and many short stories.

The books inspired the television series Longmire. His honours include Western Writers of America Spur Awards, the Owen Wister Award and the Bouchercon 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award, and Spirit of Steamboat was the first One Book Wyoming selection. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming.