Sleeping Charge

Royal Wade Kimes is a seasoned prolific award-winning author known to his public as... "The Gentleman Outlaw". The handle came about after True West Magazine featured Royal Wade on the cover of their magazine and James Arness of Gunsmoke wrote him a letter of congratulations for taking on the entertainment world and winning. James Arness wrote. "I wanted to congratulate you for beating the system. I was once in the entertainment business and I know what that took." It was following those two events that fans and friends began calling Royal Wade "The Gentleman Outlaw." He is a two-time recipient of the Will Rogers Award for his writing and musical talents. Royal Wade Kimes is a rare author. He came from a true-life family of notorious outlaws. To read his novel is to read from the pen of a... gentleman outlaw.