Kathleen O'Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear have over 17 million copies of their books in print world-wide which have been translated into at least twenty-nine languages.  Kathleen has received numerous awards, both for her writing and for her work as an archaeologist.  In September 2021, Michael was inducted into the Colorado Authors' Hall of Fame in recognition of his lifetime achievement.  Michael has published or is in the process of publishing more than 20 novels under his own name and authored another 37 with Kathleen.