Hillerman, Tony

About the Author

Tony Hillerman
is past president of Mystery Writers of America and has received their Edgar and Grand Master awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian's Ambassador Award, the Silver Spur Award for the best novel set in the West, the Navaho Tribe's Special Friend Award, the National Media Award from the American Anthropological Association, the Public Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Nero Wolfe Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book, Honorary Life Membership in the Western Literature Association, and the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere. In addition to his election to Phi Beta Kappa, Tony Hillerman has been named Doctor of Humane Letters at Arizona State University and at Portland University. He lives with his wife, Marie, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

books by tony hillerman

Fiction

Hunting Badger

The First Eagle

The Fallen Man

Finding Moon

Sacred Clowns

Coyote Waits

Talking God

A Thief of Time

Skinwalkers

The Ghostway

The Dark Wind

People of Darkness

Listening Woman

Dance Hall of the Dead

The Fly on the Wall

The Blessing Way

The Boy Who Made Dragonfly
(for children)

Nonfiction

Seldom Disappointed

Hillerman Country

N
ew Mexico, Rio Grande and Other Essays

The Spell of New Mexico

About "The Great Taos Bank Robbery"

"Hillerman is surely one of the finest and

most original craftsmen at work. .. today."

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Boston Globe Book Review

"This collection is the

essence of Hillerman, which is always instructive fun."

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New Mexican

"What newcomers sometimes find irritating in the

general incompetency and charm of this capital of manana,

Hillerman portrays with simple accuracy: it is hilarious."

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Taos News

"Deserves a wide readership . .. some of Hillerman's pieces

are classics . . . the kind of great writing that uses regional

commentary to explain what may be innate behaviors

in all Western humans."

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Albuquerque Journal

"Tony Hillerman is a wonderful storyteller."

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New York Times Book Review