Paul Andrew Hutton is the author of The Apache Wars. He is an American cultural historian, author, documentary writer, and television personality. He is also Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the University of New Mexico, a former executive director of the Western History Association, and a past president of the Western Writers of America. He currently serves as the Tate Chair of Western History and curator, Buffalo Bill Museum in the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming.