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Robert J. Horton (October 6, 1885 — January26, 1934) was a pulp fiction author of westerns. He attended Peddie Prep School.

Before becoming an author of fiction, Horton worked in advertising in Great Falls, Montana, then becoming a journalist for the Great Falls Tribune, where he also wrote a sports column under the name "Sporticus". During this time, he first met cowboy and fellow future author Walt Coburn. Horton and Coburn were drinking buddies at this time, according to Coburn.

A few years later, one of his stories in Adventure inspired Coburn to begin writing stories himself, and Horton mentored Coburn during the latter's early years as a published author.

After starting off with stories in Adventure, Argosy, and Munsey's, in the 1920s Horton sold his novels and stories almost exclusively to Street & Smith's Western Story Magazine, which continued to be his primary market up to his death in 1934. His novels and novellas were then published as books by Street & Smith's book publishing imprint, Chelsea House Books, sometimes under the pen name James Roberts.

Works

 * Whispering Cañon (serial 1921)
 * Unwelcome Settlers (serial 1921, book 1925)
 * The Coyote (novella 1923, book as by "James Roberts" 1925)
 * Rider o' the Stars (1924)
 * The Prairie Shrine (1924)
 * The Man of the Desert (serial 1924, book 1925)
 * The Cavalier of Rabbit Butte (as by "James Roberts") (1925)
 * The Spectacular Kid (novellas 1923, book 1925)
 * The Cactus Kid (novellas 1924, book 1925 as by "James Roberts")
 * The Two-Gun Kid (1927)
 * The Well-Wisher (1928)
 * The Maverick of Marble Range (serial 1927-1928, book 1929)
 * Bullets In The Sun (1932)