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Tony Hillerman

(1925 - 2008)

About Tony Hillerman

Tony Hillerman was born in Oklahoma in 1925. He joined the US Army in 1943 and won the Silver Star, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart after being wounded. After the war he attended the University of Oklahoma and worked as a journalist, eventually becoming editor of the New Mexican. In 1963 he went to graduate school at the University of New Mexico and joined the journalism faculty there in 1966. His first Navajo mystery, The Blessing Way, was published in 1970.

Series

Joe Leaphorn
The Blessing Way (1970)
Dance Hall of the Dead (1973)
Listening Woman (1978)

Jim Chee
1. People of Darkness (1980)
2. The Dark Wind (1982)
3. The Ghostway (1985)

Joe Leaphorn And Jim Chee
Skinwalkers (1986)
A Thief of Time (1988)
Talking God (1989)
Coyote Waits (1990)
Sacred Clowns (1993)
The Fallen Man (1996)
The First Eagle (1998)
Hunting Badger (1999)
The Wailing Wind (2002)
The Sinister Pig (2003)
Skeleton Man (2004)
The Shape Shifter (2006)

Novels

The Fly on the Wall (1970)
The Perfect Murder: Five Great Mystery Writers Create the Perfect Crime (1991) (with Lawrence Block, Sarah Caudwell and Jack Hitt)
Finding Moon (1995)

Picture Books

Buster Mesquite's Cowboy Band (2007)

Chapter Books

The Boy Who Made Dragonfly: A Zuni Myth (1970)

Series contributed to

Best American Mystery Stories (with Otto Penzler)
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000)

Anthologies edited

The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991)
The Mysterious West (1994)
The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996) (with Rosemary Herbert)
A New Omnibus of Crime (2009) (with Rosemary Herbert)

Non fiction

The Great Taos Bank Robbery: And Other Indian Country Affairs (1973)
New Mexico, Rio Grand: And Other Essays (1975)
The Spell of New Mexico (1984)
Indian Country: America's Sacred Land (1987)
Hillerman Country (1991)
Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir (2001)
Kilroy Was There: A G.I.'s War in Photographs (2004)

Awards

	Edgar Awards Best Novel winner (1974) : Dance Hall of the Dead
	Anthony Awards Best Novel winner (1988) : Skinwalkers
	Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1989) : A Thief of Time
	Macavity Awards Best Novel winner (1989) : A Thief of Time

Tony Hillerman recommends

The Watcher (1978) Collin Wilcox "Wilcox gets better and better."	Undercurrents (1988) (Boldt / Matthews, book 1) Ridley Pearson "A real winner!"	Shadow Dancers (1989) Herbert Lieberman "A gripping, suspenseful novel... You can't put it down."
The Grandfather Medicine (1989) (Mitch Bushyhead, book 1) Jean Hager "Jean Hager gives me a journey home to my Oklahoma childhood - not just an intriguing mystery but a clear-eyed evocation of the Cherokee culture."	Murder by Deception (1989) (John Lloyd Branson, book 2) D R Meredith "If you haven't read D.R. Meredith, here's the book to begin with."	Deadly Safari (1990) (Jazz Jasper Mystery, book 1) Karin McQuillan "Everything anyone could want: suspense, real people as characters, and real untamed Africa out there in the darkness."
Painkiller (1990) Steven Spruill "Thriller lovers rejoice - add this to your must read list."	Murder by Masquerade (1990) (John Lloyd Branson, book 3) D R Meredith "D. R. Meredith's mysteries started great and got better... delightful characters in a dandy story."	The Woman Who Married a Bear (1992) (Cecil Younger, book 1) John Straley "A fascinating Alaskan setting, great characters, a highly unusual plot... a winner."
Corruption (1993) Andrew Klavan "Klavan is as good as they get."	Find Her a Grave (1993) (Alan Bernhardt, book 4) Collin Wilcox "Collin Wilcox gets better and better."	Murder by Sacrilege (1993) (John Lloyd Branson, book 5) D R Meredith "Don't miss D.R. Meredith's High Plains mysteries. Delightful characters, vast Texas landscapes, dandy yarns."
The Children of First Man (1994) James Alexander Thom "A powerful book... James Alexander Thom projects us into an American prehistory as it may well have been."	Tensleep (1994) (Em Hansen, book 1) Sarah Andrews "Lively... don't miss it!"	Blackening Song (1995) (Ella Clah, book 1) Aimée Thurlo and David Thurlo "Mystery readers who like their murders solved by applied intelligence will love Ella Clah."
Tularosa (1996) (Kevin Kerney, book 1) Michael McGarrity "Mystery fans shouldn't miss Tularosa."	The Ex (1996) John Lutz "Lutz just keeps getting better and better."	The Ghost Walker (1996) (Wind River Reservation mystery, book 2) Margaret Coel "Margaret Coel guides us mystery lovers on another of her gripping tours of evil among the Wind River Arapahos."
Meridian (1997) Norman Zollinger "If you read only one novel of the historic west this year, make it Norman Zollinger's Meridian."	Dirty Pool (1999) (Bubba Mabry, book 5) Steve Brewer "...wit, writing skill, and a yarn-spinner's talent..."	The Pumpkin Seed Massacre (1999) (Ben Pecos, book 1) Susan Slater "...a gripping novel."
Nordic Nights (1999) (Alix Thorssen, book 3) Lise McClendon "...a good idea, a wonderful setting, and skillful writing. You'll like it."	Black Mountain (2000) Les Standiford "It's suspense all the way."	The Stolen Blue (2000) (Claire Reynier, book 1) Judith Van Gieson "Van Gieson's back - and better than ever. Don't miss The Stolen Blue."
The Shooting Gallery (2002) (Detective Yablonsky, book 2) Joseph Trigoboff "THE SHOOTING GALLERY is not a book for naptime reading. Trigoboff never gives you a dull moment. And the background is as intriguing as the plot. Hope to see it on the bestseller lists."	An Improper Death (2002) (Dr. Alexandra Gladstone, book 2) Paula Paul "A lively mixture of ruling class murder, Victorian morals, and love."	The Pythagorean Solution (2003) Joseph Badal "If you enjoy fast moving suspense in an intriguing setting... You're going to love The Pythagorean Solution."
Letter From Home (2003) Carolyn Hart "In Letter from Home the scene of the crime is bygone days in small-town Olkahoma. It took me back to my own boyhood... You'll enjoy it."	Death Takes a Gander (2004) (Birdwatcher's Mysteries, book 4) Christine L Goff "One needn't be a bird lover to love Christine Goff's charming bird mysteries."	Wild Indigo (2007) (Wild Mystery, book 1) Sandi Ault "Sandi Ault uses her knowledge of the high, dry West to give us a look at Pueblo Indian culture."
Killstraight (2008) (Killstraight) Johnny D Boggs "Johnny Boggs has produced another instant page-turner... don't put down the book until you finish it."

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