George Wyatt Proctor (Dec. 8, 1946 - Aug. 3, 2008) was an author, journalist, and lecturer at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Proctor worked at The Dallas Morning News for five years before becoming a science fiction and Western author.
After his death, the George W. & Lana B. Proctor Endowed Scholarship was established for advertising, communication technology, journalism or pre-law students.
One of five children, Proctor decided that, unlike his father and brothers, he would not be a horse trainer, although he always had a love for them.
Proctor, John Cleve, Lee Wyatt, and also collaborated with writers Robert E. Vardeman, Andrew J. Offutt, Howard Waldrop, Steven Utley, and Arthur C.