Robert B. McNeill was born Edinburgh, Scotland. He took up freelance journalism in 1990, specialising in Scottish history. Many of his articles have appeared in Scottish-interest publications in th...view moreRobert B. McNeill was born Edinburgh, Scotland. He took up freelance journalism in 1990, specialising in Scottish history. Many of his articles have appeared in Scottish-interest publications in the UK and elsewhere. Since the early 2000s, however, he has devoted his time to writing fictional novels of the Old West all of which are now available as Black Horse Westerns.view less