John L. Moore writer, rancher, cowboy, Christian author and speaker   John Moore is a third-generation cattle rancher in Montana and a multi-award-winning journalist and novelist. His journalism has appeared in scores of publications including The New York Times Magazine, Readers Digest, The Western Horseman, Charisma, Ministries Today, America's Horse, Sports Afield, Bugle: The Magazine of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and Books and Culture. Reviews of Moore's books have appeared in many publications including Christianity Today, Montana Magazine, Milwaukee Journal, Denver Post, New Man, American Cowboy, and Cowboys and Country. His photography, poems, and short stories have appeared in North Country Review, Montana Sketchbook, Montana Crossroads, and IMAGE , A Journal of Religion and the Arts. Moore's first novel, The Breaking of Ezra Riley, won the Critics Choice Award for Fiction from Christianity Today and was first runner-up for a Golden Spur Award, placing first on two of three ballots. His other novels are Bitter Roots, Leaving the Land, The Limits of Mercy, and The Land of Empty Houses. His nonfiction books include Letters to Jess, Loosening the Reins, Take the Reins, The Dry Times, and The Collector's Edition of the Miles City Bucking Horse Sale.    The three "Ezra Riley" novels --  The Breaking of Ezra Riley, Leaving the Land, and The Limits of Mercy -- are available in one volume. A fourth 'Ezra' novel is in the works.     Our son Jesse, wife Kami, daughter Selah, and son David Our daughter Andrea, husband Rob, son Creed, daughters  Ryann and Autumn