About Author

Shotgun Bo Rivers

Author/Writer

Shotgun Bo “Beauregard” Rivers is a Western author, rodeo hand, poet, and lifelong cowboy at heart. A rider of bulls and broncs, a picker of guitars, and a storyteller shaped by dust, leather, and hard country miles, he lives the same rugged spirit that fills the pages of his work.

Raised in a small rural town where back roads outnumbered highways, Rivers grew up hunting, fishing, and learning the rhythms of country life. By the age of twenty-two, he stepped into the arena as a professional bull rider and amateur bareback bronc rider, earning respect on the rodeo circuit through grit, humility, and an unwavering love for the sport. Rodeo taught him discipline, brotherhood, and deep respect for the animals that make the life possible. Bulls remain his favorite adversaries, but horses have always held his heart. Their strength, spirit, and wild freedom inspired his poem “Wild Horses,” featured in his poetry collection Pages Full of Memories.

Rivers carries a lifelong passion for the mythology and history of the Old West. Since boyhood, he dreamed of wide horizons, saddle leather, and the code of the frontier. Western films and novels shaped his imagination and instilled a deep respect for the values often called the Code of the West: live with courage, take pride in honest work, finish what you start, do what must be done, be tough but fair, keep your word, ride for the brand, speak plainly, know that some things are not for sale, and always know where to draw the line. Those principles guide both his life and his writing.

The legends of classic Western storytelling fueled that fire for years, inspiring tales of cattle drives, lonely trails, frontier justice, and the timeless struggle between lawmen and outlaws. Rivers writes to preserve that spirit of freedom and moral grit, crafting stories where dust hangs in the air, boots echo on wooden floors, and every choice carries weight.

His current work includes an ongoing Western fiction series beginning with Laramie’s Thunder: The Collins’ Crew, the first installment in a four-book saga of loyalty, vengeance, and frontier survival.

Writing allows Rivers to step fully into the saddle of his characters — riding the range, facing danger head-on, and exploring the hard truths of honor and consequence. Through storytelling, he seeks to carry forward the legacy of classic Western literature while giving modern readers new heroes, new conflicts, and new trails to ride.

More than anything, Rivers hopes his work helps keep the Western genre alive and thriving. Every poem and story is written with deep respect for the traditions of the frontier and the enduring spirit of those who lived by grit, loyalty, and the open sky.

Contact: shotgunborivers@gmail.com