He was born with the first name Pearl; but got his more well­known name from the Ohio city in which he lived.
He was born with the first name Pearl; but got his more well­known name from the Ohio city in which he lived. Starting his career as a dentist, he visited the American West in 1906  which inspired his first novel, 1910's The Heritage of the Deser t. A pioneer in the creation of the western genre, he wrote over 80 novels before his 1939 death. For ten points, identify this author born in Zanesville, Ohio whose most famous work is Riders of the Purple Sage.
He was born with the first name Pearl; but got his more well­known name from the Ohio city in which he lived.
Zane Grey