TEXAS GRIT WINS GOLD AT THE WILL ROGERS AWARDS Posted October 26, 2015 by Mara Brandsdorfer S. J. Dahlstrom won the gold medal at the 2015 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Texas Grit, the second book in "The Adventures of Wilder Good" series. Texas Grit was named best western fiction for younger readers. Read the complete list of finalists here.