About Me
Award Winning Writer and Speaker
In 2018 Doug won a Spur Award from Western Writers of America and a Co-founders Award from Westerners International for Tom Jeffords: Friend of Cochise, a biography. He has twice been awarded the Danielson Prize for best program.
Biography
Although his roots are in Cornwall and New England, Doug grew up on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation in North Central New Mexico, the Rio Arriba where he still maintains close ties to friends, Paisano and Indio. It is a land of mystery, miracles, and Penitentes.
Along the Way
Doug served in the US Army in Military Intelligence and Armored Cavalry. He spent many years in the Far East and speaks Chinese. He holds advanced degrees in American History, Social Anthropology, and Historical Archaeology. He writes both history and historical fiction.
Short Bio
Doug Hocking, is an independent scholar who has completed advanced studies in American history, ethnology, and historical archaeology. Raised on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation in New Mexico, Doug retired from the US Army after serving in Military Intelligence and as an officer in Armored Cavalry. His most recent book, Terror on the Santa Fe Trail, won the 2020 Will Rogers Medallion, the Co-Founders’ Award, and a Spur. His biography of Tom Jeffords won Spur and Co-Founders’ Awards while Black Legend won a Will Rogers Medallion and a New Mexico-Arizona Book Award. His history of train robberies in the southwest is with the publisher and he has started on a biography of Texas John Slaughter, Sheriff of Cochise County.