Episode #124 We chat with award-winning author Mark Warren about his book “A LAST SERENADE FOR BILLY BONNEY: A NOVEL on BILLY the KID” A 2024 NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA BOOK AWARD-WINNER “…with Warren’s exceptional gift of creative writing, he has gotten inside the possible personality of this legendary outlaw.” —True West Magazine
In this novel of America’s most celebrated outlaw, Spur Award-Winning Author Mark Warren sheds light on the human side of Billy the Kid—and reveals the intimate stories of the lesser-known players in his legendary life of crime.
When John Blessing, composer and Santa Fe journalist, is assigned to report on a jailed prisoner who calls himself “William H. Bonney,” what begins as a formal interview, evolves into an unexpected relationship and a self-examination of John’s own cultured, city values.