Tony Hillerman [1925-2008] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

Anthony 'Tony' Hillerman is best known as the author of a series of mystery novels taking place
on the Navajo Nation reservation and involving either Jim Chee or Joe Leaphorn or both.

Anthony Grove 'Tony' Hillerman was born on 27 May 1925 in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma, where he was raised among the Cherokee people. He served in combat in Europe during World War II, and earned the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart. He married Marie Unzner in August 1948; they had six children. He worked as a journalist in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico from 1948 to 1962, then finished his degree, worked a while as a newspaper reporter, then taught journalism at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, eventually becoming department chairman. His writing career was very successful, and he retired from U.N.M. in 1987.

Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police was introduced in "The Blessing Way" [1970]; Sgt. Jim Chee was introduced in the fourth book, "People of Darkness" [1980]. Hillerman won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1974 from the Mystery Writers of America, and received the M.W.A.'s Grand Master Award in 1991. He also received the Navajo Tribe's Special Friends of The Diné Award, the Nero Award (for "Coyote Waits" [1990]), and the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Los Angeles Times Book Review.

He died 26 October 2008 after a writing career that produced 18 Leaphorn-Chee novels, 12 other books of fiction, and a wide range of non-fiction works. His oldest daughter Anne Hillerman manages his estate & legacy, and starting in 2013 has published continuation Leaphorn & Chee novels, written by herself.

Tony Hillerman received
M.W.A. Edgar Award Honorable Mention for Best First Novel, 1971
M.W.A. Edgar Award for Dance Hall of The Dead, 1974
Western Writers of America Spur Award for Skinwalkers, 1986
Special Friend of The Diné Award from the Navajo Nation, 1987
France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, 1987
Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award, 1989
induction into the Oklahoma Heritage Hall of Fame in 1997
Agatha Award for Non-Fiction Book of The Year for Seldom Disappointed, 2001
Malice Domestic Lifetime Achievement Award, 2002
the Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes

"The Shape Shifter" [#18 Nov 2006]

Shape Shifter mystery novel by Tony Hillerman (Leaphorn & Chee & Bernadette)

A retired cop friend sends Joe Leaphorn a photograph showing a rug that may have figured in
a case that they worked together. When the man disappears and is found murdered, Leaphorn
enlists the aid of Jim Chee and his bride Bernadette, just back from their honeymoon.
Harper mass pb [1/2008] for $9.99
HarperCollins 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2006] for $17.79

"Cave of Bones: A Leaphorn & Chee & Manuelito Novel" [#22 April 2018]

Cave of Bones mystery novel by Anne Hillerman (Leaphorn & Chee & Bernadette)

Bernadette is first officer on the scene when a teenager discovers a human skeleton in the dangerous Malpais region near the Ramah chapter; there is also a missing instructor and either case may be connected to an old cold case of retired Joe Leaphorn. Meanwhile, Jim Chee is dealing with the return of a vengeful ex-con who is spending time with Bernadette's daughter Darleen.
Kindle Edition from HarperCollins [4/2018] for $8.99
Harper 8x5¼ pb [10/2019] for $16.99
Harper 9x6 hardcover [4/2018] for $19.46

"Stargazer: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel" [#24 HarperCollins April 2021] ISBN 978-0-06-290833-9

"The Sacred Bridge: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel" [#25 HarperCollins DUE April 2022]
http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Bridge-Leaphorn-Manuelito-Novel-ebook/dp/B0995YGVXW/
http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Bridge-Leaphorn-Manuelito-Novel/dp/0062908367/

"Song of The Lion" [] 4/2022

A deadly bombing takes Navajo Tribal cops Bernadette Manuelito, Jim Chee, and their mentor, the legendary
Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, back into the past to find a vengeful killer.

	"People of The Plains: The Emigrants" [#1 = 1996] by Ken Englade Following the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, Second Lieutenant Jean Benoit and Army surgeon Lt. Jason Dobbs are assigned there, and find the Brulé Sioux and the Cheyenne have begun massacring settlers. HarperTorch mass pb [1/96] out of print/many used author's official website
	"People of The Plains: The Tribes" [#2 = 1996] by Ken Englade In 1855: The U.S. Army retaliates for the Grattan Massacre with an attack on an encampment of unsuspecting Sioux. Much of the book is from the point-of-view of the Arapahos, the Brulé Sioux, the Cheyenne and the Pawnee people. HarperTorch mass pb [4/96] out of print/many used
	"People of The Plains: The Soldiers" [#3 = 1996] by Ken Englade In 1855: The U.S. Army begins gearing up for the inevitable War Between The States. HarperTorch mass pb [10/96] out of print/many used
	"People of The Plains: Battle Cry" [#4 = 1997] by Ken Englade In 1857: Cheyenne warrior Red Horse seeks revenge against Blizzard, a renegade Lakota who killed his brother (in the prior book "The Tribes"), while the U.S. Army takes the field against the Indians. The two main forces meet on the banks of the Solomon River in Kansas, and the Cheyenne are routed. HarperCollins mass pb [8/00] out of print/many used
	Tony Hillerman's Frontier Series #5 "Brothers In Blood" [1998] by Ken Englade In 1858: Second Lieutenant Jean Benoit is promoted to captain and transferred to Fort Marcy in Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory where he finds himself in the middle of a turf war between Bishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy and his powerful & corrupt enemies. HarperTorch mass pb [2/98] out of print/many used
	Tony Hillerman's Frontier Series #6 "Cold Justice: Where Renegades Rule" [1998] by Will Camp A rogue group of Chiricahua Apaches wreak bloody war against the white invaders, and a pack of scalp hunters chase them down for the government bounties on the Apaches's heads. HarperTorch mass pb [6/98] out of print/many used
	Tony Hillerman's Frontier Series #7 "Comanche Trail" [1999] by Will Camp In 1859: As rumors of war between the North and South filter into the New Mexico Territory from the East, Army Capt. Jean Benoit must rescue his friend, Army surgeon Lt. Jason Dobbs, who has been captured by Comanches. HarperTorch mass pb [4/99] out of print/many used Harper ABR audio [3/2001] for $9.99 Harper ABR audio [10/99] out of print/used

"Dark Winds" streaming series [AMC Studios 2022-2025]

'Dark Winds' A.M.C. streaming series - Season 1

'Dark Winds' A.M.C. streaming series - Season 2

Filmed at the new Camel Rock Studios at Tesuque Pueblo and other New Mexico locations, and in Monument Valley, Arizona; Season 1 (6 episodes) is based on "Listening Woman" [1978], and Season 2 (6 episodes, 1.7M viewers) is based on "People of Darkness" [1980]; the series was renewed for a third season in September 2023 • Exec produced by Santa Fe resident George R.R. Martin, Robert Redford, Anne Hillerman; episodes directed by co-producer Chris Eyre, Sanford Bookstaver, Michael Nankin, co-writers Billy Luther & Steven Paul Judd & Graham Roland; music by Deana & Kevin & Sean Kiner; Navajo cultural advisor George R. Joe; written by Razelle Benally, Maya Rose Dittloff, Anthony Florez, Erica Tremblay, Rhiana Yazzie, Max Hurwitz, John Wirth, Jason Gavin; starring co-producer Zahn McClarnon {as Joe Leaphorn}, Kiowa Gordon {as Jim Chee}, Jessica Matten {as Bernadette}, Deanna Allison, Elva Guerra, Natalie Benally, co-writer DezBaa' (Henderson), Ryan Begay, Rainn Wilson, Nicholas Logan, Jeremiah Bitsui, A Martinez {as Sheriff Gordo Sena}, Eugene Brave Rock, Jacqueline Byers, John Diehl, Noah Emmerich, Andersen Kee, Wade Adakai, Betty Ann Tsosie, Jonathan Adams, Amelia Rico, Jeri Ryan, Rob Tepper, Julian Bonfiglio, Ernest Tsosie III, Quenton Yazzie, Kate Bergeron, Julianne Frick, Sophie Jane Frick, Ryffin Phoenix, Gary Yazzie, Ramona DuBarry, Jet James Grant, Bodhi Rader, Zakota Shade, Isiah Yazzie, Mosiah Silentwalker, Hataaliinez El Wheeler, David Midthunder, Sarah Luther, Tonantzin Carmelo, Brannon Selestewa, Joseph Runningfox, John Paul Comanche • series credits at IMDb • official series site
Season 1 AMC Studios color DVD [11/2022] 2 disks for $16.46
watch full S1 Episode 1 [6/2022 upload; 49:26] free online at YouTube
watch 4/2022 official Season 1 trailer [2:12] online at YouTube
"Inside Dark Winds Season 1" Host Jeremiah Bitsui with cast and show creators in this behind-the-scenes look at the making of the series, featuring an exclusive sit-down interview with executive producers Robert Redford and Chris Eyre. [32:37]
Season 1 episode titles: 1)) 'Monster Slayer'; 2)) 'The Male Rain Approaches'; 3)) 'K'e'; 4)) 'Hooghandi'; 5)) 'Ha'íínlni'; 6)) 'HózhóoNaasháa'
Season 2 AMC Studios color DVD [10/2023] 2 disks for $15.50
watch 6/2023 official Season 2 trailer [2:08] online at YouTube
Season 3 is not yet broadcast - expected sometime in early 2025

The Great Taos Bank Robbery & Other Stories by Tony Hillerman

"The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other True Stories"
[orig 1980, re-issued 2012] non-fiction by Tony Hillerman
Foreword by Anne Hillerman, new photographs by Don Strel
Univ NM Press 8½x5½ pb [4/2012] for $10.74

Tony Hillerman's Family
Tony Hillerman and his wife Marie Unzner Hillerman [d. 2015] raised six children:
Anne Margaret Hillerman Strel, Janet Marie 'Jan' Hillerman Grado,
Anthony Grove 'Tony' Hillerman Jr., Steven August Hillerman,
Monica Mary Hillerman, and Daniel Bernard 'Dan' Hillerman

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		"The Fly On The Wall" [1971 second novel] by Tony Hillerman After a fellow reporter is murdered, John Cotton locates the man's notebook and then bad things begin happening – someone kills a reporter who borrowed Cotton's car, and Cotton is forced to flee to New Mexico, where he narrowly escapes an assassin ... Harper pb [5/90] for $6.99 HarperCollins hardcover [9/71] out of print/used EconoClad hardcover [10/99] for $15.00 Harper ABR audio [4/2000] for $9.99
		"The Boy Who Made Dragonfly: A Zuni Myth" children's book [ages 4-8; 1971] by Tony Hillerman, Illustrations by Jan Hillerman Grado UNM Press 7¾x5½ pb [1993] for $10.21 Turtleback/Sanval 8x5¾ library hardcover [10/99] for $23.25
		"Buster Mesquite's Cowboy Band" children's book [ages 9-12; 1973] by Tony Hillerman, Illustrated by Ernest Franklin A burro loses his job and starts a band, with the help of a coyote, a wildcat, and a crow. Sidewinder Publng 9x10¾ hardcover [2006] for $14.95 Buffalo Medicine Books 8¾x10½ hardcover [7/2001] out of print/used Sidewinder Publishing's book page
		"The Spell of New Mexico" [1976] Preface, Introduction & Edited by Tony Hillerman essays by authors including Mary Austin, Oliver La Farge, Conrad Richter, D.H. Lawrence, C.G. Jung, Winfield Townley Scott, John DeWitt McKee, journalist Ernie Pyle, Harvey Fergusson, and Lawrence Clark Powell Univ New Mexico Press 9¼x6 pb [5/84] for $16.93 Univ New Mexico Press 9¼x6 hardcover [5/84] out of print/used
		"The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other Indian Country Affairs" [1980] by Tony Hillerman Harper &7frac34x5½ pb [10/2001] for $10.40 HarperTorch mass pb [3/97] out of print/many, many used Univ NM Press 8x5 pb [6/80] out of print/many, many used Harper ABR audio [3/94] out of prodn/used this book was re-issued in 2012 {see below}
		"Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman" [1991] by Ernie Bulow, illustrated by Ernest Franklin; won the Macavity Award for Best Nonfiction Univ NM Press 8½x5¼ pb [3/2004] for $14.95 Univ NM Press 8½x5¼ hardcover [7/91] out of print/used
		"The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing From The American West" [1991] Edited by Tony Hillerman featuring Martha 'Calamity Jane' Cannary, Helen Hunt Jackson, Oliver La Farge, Robert Laxalt (3), Meriwether Lewis, N. Scott Momaday, Charles Nordhoff, Zebulon Pike, John Wesley Powell, Lawrence Clark Powell, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Jack Schaefer, Charlie Siringo, Wallace Stegner, Frank Waters, George Winship, and Owen Wister Harper 8x5¼ pb [9/92] for $17.09 Paw Prints 8x5¼ library hardcover [6/2008] for $27.00 HarperCollins 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/91] out of print/120+ used
		"The Mysterious West" [20 original stories 1994] Edited by Tony Hillerman & Martin H. Greenberg Harper mass pb [11/95] for $7.99 HarperCollins hardcover [12/94] out of stock/used 20 new mystery tales set in Western landscapes by Robert Campbell, Bill Crider, Susan Dunlap, Linda Grant, J.A. Jance, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Karen Kijewski, M.D. Lake, Lia Matera, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini, Dana Stabenow and others
		"Finding Moon" [1995 novel] by Tony Hillerman In April 1975, the American owner of a helicopter service in Cambodia dies in a jungle crash. His mother hurries to Manila to pick up the dead man's baby daughter, being brought from Vietnam by smugglers. When the child does not arrive, she has a heart attack and asks her other son to find the child – just as the government of VietNam begins to crumble. Harper pb [8/96] for $6.99 Harper hardcover [8/00] out of print/used EconoClad hardcover [10/99] for $16.99 Harper ABR audio [10/95] 4 tapes for $17.50
		"The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories" [1996] Edited by Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert Oxford Univ Press 8x5¼ pb [12/97] for $13.27 Oxford Univ Press 8¾x6 hardcover [4/96] out of print/used
		"The Best American Mystery Stories of The Century" [2000] Edited by Tony Hillerman & Otto Penzler Mariner Books 9x6 pb [4/2001] for $11.15 Houghton Mifflin 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2000] out of print/used
		"Tony Hillerman's Indian Country Map & Guide" [1998] by Time Traveler Maps Time Traveler Maps 2nd edition 9¼x5 pb [11/2002] for $14.95 Time Traveler Maps 1st edition 9¾x4¾ pb [11/98] out of print/used
		"Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir" [2001] by Tony Hillerman Harper 8x5½ pb [10/2002] for $10.07 HarperCollins 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2001] for $18.20 Harper UNABR audio [10/2001] for $27.97
		"Kilroy Was There: A GI's War In Photographs" [2004] by Tony Hillerman & Frank Kessler The U.S. Army's Signal Corps in World War II assigned camera units to document the fighting on the ground. This book reveals what one man witnessed from the beaches on D-Day in June 1944 to the liberation of Berlin in May 1945; compiled & organized by Hillerman from the photo archives of Kessler [1915-90]. Kent State Univ Press 11¼x8½ hardcover [5/2004] for $25.00

	Tony's oldest daughter Anne Hillerman Strel manages his estate and legacy, which includes the Tony Hillerman Writer's Conference in New Mexico in November [est. 2003], and the Tony Hillerman Prize (deadline June 1, presented at the Conference). Anne is an award-winning journalist and art critic, and has written several books; she is married to photographer Donald Strel. Most recently, Anne has published several novels, each a continuation of the Leaphorn & Chee & Bernadette mystery tales {see above}. browse books at Amazon's Anne Hillerman Store Anne Hillerman entry at Wikipedia
	"Santa Fe Flavors: Best Restaurants and Recipes" [2009] by Anne Hillerman Gibbs Smith 5½x7¼ pb [1/2009] for $9.99
	"Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On The Road With Chee and Leaphorn" [2009] by Anne Hillerman, Photographs by {husband} Don Strel winner of 2013 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for Travel Books Harper hardcover [10/2009] for $19.13
	"Gardens of Santa Fe" [2010] by Anne Hillerman, Photographs by {husband} Don Strel Gibbs Smith 10x8½ hardcover [4/2010] for $19.80

	A disfigured corpse, a mysterious airplane crash in the dead of night, bizarre attacks on a windmill, and a missing shipment of cocaine trap Sgt. Jim Chee in a deadly web. Harper pb [1/900] for $6.99 HarperCollins hardcover [3/82] out of print/used EconoClad hardcover [10/99] out of print/used Harper ABR audio [3/93] for $12.60
	"Dark Wind" [video release 1991] Directed by Errol Morris; starring Lou Diamond Phillips & Fred Ward Lions Gate/Fox color DVD [12/2003] for $10.99 Avid Home Ent color VHS [4/95] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb

	Jim Chee's friend & fellow officer Delbert Nez is shot and then his patrol car burned; a drunken old Navajo is found nearby with the murder weapon, but he refuses to talk, not even to his assigned tribal attorney, Janet Pete. Harper pb [1/92] for $6.99 HarperCollins hardcover [7/90] out of print/used EconoClad hardcover [10/99] for $15.00 Harper ABR audio [7/90] out of stock/used
	PBS Mystery!: "Coyote Waits" tv movie [airdate 18 Nov 2003] Directed by Jan Egleson; starring Adam Beach, Alex Rice, Wes Studi, Sheila Tousey & Gary Farmer PBS widescreen DVD [1/2004] for $26.08 PBS color VHS [1/2004] for $24.98 full credits at IMDb; PBS 'Coyote Waits' movie site

	"Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts & Havens In The Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee Mysteries" [2003] by Laurance D. Linford, Foreward by Tony Hillerman Univ UT Press 9x6 pb [8/2005] for $13.57 Univ UT Press 9x6 pb [6/2003] out of print/used
	"Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On The Road With Chee and Leaphorn" [2009] by Anne Hillerman, Photographs by {husband} Don Strel Harper hardcover [10/2009] for $19.13

	"The Tony Hillerman Companion: A Comprehensive Guide To His Life & Work" [1994] Edited by Martin H. Greenberg HarperCollins mass pb [5/95] out of print/many used HarperCollins 9¾x6½ hardcover [10/94] out of print/many used
	"Tony Hillerman: A Critical Companion" [1996] by John M. Reilly Greenwood Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/96] for $46.95

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