Oakley Maxwell Hall (born July 1, 1920 in Mission Hills, California) is an American novelist. His books focus primarily on the historical American West. His most famous book, Warlock, was adapted into a movie directed by Edward Dmytryk, and is also well known as a favorite of Thomas Pynchon as well as Richard Fariña. After the death of Wallace Stegner, Hall was considered the dean of West Coast writers, having supported the early careers of California novelists such as Michael Chabon.

1920 births | Living people | American novelists | People from California