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TG Maywald is a Texas author and Western sports historian who writes narrative nonfiction about the people, animal athletes, and untold stories that shaped rodeo history. Her current work, Bodacious: Master of Disaster, is the official biography of the legendary bull and the generation of cowboys whose lives intersected with his.

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Current Project

The Official Biography of Bodacious

Master of Disaster

Coming in 2026

Bodacious: Master of Disaster tells the true story of the most feared bull in rodeo history and the legendary cowboys whose lives and careers collided with his. Drawing on extensive firsthand interviews, this narrative nonfiction biography goes beyond the arena to reveal the untold story of Bodacious, the people who knew him best, and the era of bull riding he changed forever.

Narrative nonfiction
Published by Alderbrook Press

Selected Interviews & Research

Maywald’s research for Bodacious: Master of Disaster draws on extensive primary-source interviews with world champion bull riders, stock contractors, bullfighters, family members, and others who witnessed the story firsthand.

Selected interview subjects include Jim Sharp, Cody Custer, Clint Branger, Bubba Dunn, Tuff Hedeman, Sammy Andrews, Rob Smets, Joe Baumgartner, and many others whose firsthand accounts provide the foundation for this work of narrative nonfiction. Through their memories and perspectives, Maywald reconstructs the people, events, and largely untold history behind the legend.

Speaking & Appearances

Podcast, television, and radio interviews
Bookstore and library events
Literary festivals and conferences
Rodeo and Western heritage events
Museum and historical-society programs
Schools, colleges, and university events
Presentations on Western history, research, and storytelling
Writing workshops
Panels and moderated conversations
Book signings and reader events

Speaking fees, travel requirements, and availability are provided upon request.

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Interview & SpeakingTopics

When discussing the craft of narrative nonfiction, these are a few of the subjects I most enjoy exploring.

The making of Bodacious: Writing the official biography of rodeo's most legendary bull
The untold stories behind the golden era of professional bull riding
The people behind the legends: Looking beyond championships and headlines
Building trust with the people whose stories matter
Why the best stories begin after the interview ends
Researching narrative nonfiction: Turning history into unforgettable stories
Preserving the people and stories of the American West before they're lost
Finding extraordinary stories in ordinary conversations

1. What inspired you to write the first official biography of Bodacious?
2. Why does Bodacious’s story deserve to be told as more than a collection of famous rides and wrecks?
3. What do most people misunderstand about Bodacious?
4. How did you earn the trust of the bull riders, stock contractors, bullfighters, and families who lived this history?
5. What have you learned about Bodacious from the people who knew and cared for him away from the arena?
6. How do you reconstruct scenes that happened more than thirty years ago while remaining faithful to the historical record?
7. How do you separate rodeo legend from documented fact—especially when eyewitnesses remember an event differently?
8. Which discovery or interview most changed your understanding of Bodacious and his legacy?
9. What have the bull riders who faced Bodacious taught you about courage, fear, resilience, and character?
10. Why is it important to preserve the firsthand stories of rodeo’s golden era now?
11. How has being a fifth-generation Texan influenced the stories you choose to tell and the way you tell them?
12. What do you hope readers will understand about Bodacious—and the people whose lives intersected with his—when they finish the book?
13. What has pursuing this book taught you about following an improbable dream while building a career as an author?
14. After spending years researching Bodacious, what do you believe made him truly different from every other bull?

Author Biography

TG Maywald is an author and Western sports historian dedicated to preserving rodeo history through the voices of those who lived it. A fifth-generation Texan, she conducts extensive primary-source interviews and archival research to uncover the human stories behind Western sports legends. She is the author of the forthcoming Bodacious: Master of Disaster, the official biography of the most feared bull in rodeo history and the generation he changed forever.