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(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.
Awards: LA Times (2004), Agatha (2002), Nero (1991), Macavity (1989) see all
Genres: Mystery, Literary Fiction
Series
Joe Leaphorn And Jim Chee
1. The Blessing Way (1970)
2. Dance Hall of the Dead (1973)
3. Listening Woman (1978)
4. People of Darkness (1980)
5. The Dark Wind (1982)
6. The Ghostway (1984)
7. Skinwalkers (1986)
8. A Thief of Time (1988)
9. Talking God (1989)
10. Coyote Waits (1990)
11. Sacred Clowns (1993)
12. The Fallen Man (1996)
13. The First Eagle (1998)
14. Hunting Badger (1999)
15. The Wailing Wind (2002)
16. The Sinister Pig (2003)
17. Skeleton Man (2004)
18. The Shape Shifter (2006)
continued in the series by Anne Hillerman
1. The Blessing Way (1970)
2. Dance Hall of the Dead (1973)
3. Listening Woman (1978)
4. People of Darkness (1980)
5. The Dark Wind (1982)
6. The Ghostway (1984)
7. Skinwalkers (1986)
8. A Thief of Time (1988)
9. Talking God (1989)
10. Coyote Waits (1990)
11. Sacred Clowns (1993)
12. The Fallen Man (1996)
13. The First Eagle (1998)
14. Hunting Badger (1999)
15. The Wailing Wind (2002)
16. The Sinister Pig (2003)
17. Skeleton Man (2004)
18. The Shape Shifter (2006)
continued in the series by Anne Hillerman
Novels
Anthologies edited
The Best of the 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)
The Mysterious West (1994)
The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996) (with Rosemary Herbert)
A New Omnibus of Crime (2009) (with Rosemary Herbert)
Series contributed to
Best American Mystery Stories
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000) (with Otto Penzler)
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000) (with Otto Penzler)
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