Gert Fritz Unger (born: March 23, 1921 in Breslau; died: August 3, 2005 in Weilburg) was a German writer and author of Wild West novels.
After studying mechanical engineering, Unger won German youth swimming competitions at the end of the 1930s.
After returning to Germany, Unger moved to the Ruhr region and initially worked as a fitter and craftsman in Gelsenkirchen; one of his first jobs was repairing the defective clock at Buer town hall.
[1] At Uta Publishing, Unger collaborated on the Billy Jenkins, Tom Prox, and Pete series of novels and wrote his first independent western.
At the same time, he is the first and, besides Thomas Jeier and Alfred Wallon, the only German-language Western author whose works were published as translations in the USA.
Unger's literary role models included Mark Twain, Jack London and Louis L'Amour, according to his own statements.