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Tony Hillerman

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Anthony Grove "Tony" Hillerman (May 27, 1925 – October 26, 2008) was an American author of detective novels and non-fiction works best known for his Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels. [1]

79 relations: A Thief of Time, Aboriginal Australians, Agatha Award, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Anne Hillerman, Anthony Awards, Arizona, Arthur Upfield, Bony (character), Borger News-Herald, Borger, Texas, Bouchercon XIX, Bouchercon XX, Bouchercon XXIII, Bouchercon XXV, Bouchercon XXVI, Bouchercon XXXIII, Bronze Star Medal, Chicago Sun-Times, Colorado, Coyote Waits, Dance Hall of the Dead, Detective fiction, Edgar Award, England, Eric Ambler, Finding Moon, Four Corners, Germany, Graham Greene, Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, Hopi, Hunting Badger, Hutchinson County, Texas, Jim Chee, Joe Leaphorn, Le Monde, Listening Woman, Macavity Awards, Mystery Writers of America, Navajo, Navajo Nation, Navajo Nation Police, Nero Award, New Mexico, People of Darkness, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Purple Heart, Raymond Chandler, ..., Respiratory failure, Sacred Clowns, Sacred Heart, Oklahoma, Seldom Disappointed, Sheriff, Silver Star, Skeleton Man (novel), Skinwalkers (2002 film), Skinwalkers (novel), Song of the Lion, Southwestern United States, Spider Woman's Daughter, Talking God, The Blessing Way, The Dark Wind, The Dark Wind (1991 film), The Fallen Man, The First Eagle, The Ghostway, The Mysterious West, The Shape Shifter, The Sinister Pig, The Wailing Wind, University of New Mexico, Utah, Volcano Vista High School, World War II, Zuni, 103rd Infantry Division (United States). Expand index (29 more) »

A Thief of Time

A Thief of Time is the eighth crime fiction novel Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, first published in 1988.

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Aboriginal Australians

Aboriginal Australians are legally defined as people who are members "of the Aboriginal race of Australia" (indigenous to mainland Australia or to the island of Tasmania).

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Agatha Award

The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the cozy mystery subgenre (i.e. closed setting, no sex or violence, amateur detective).

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Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library

The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library is the public library system serving greater Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque (Beeʼeldííl Dahsinil; Arawageeki; Vakêêke; Gołgéeki) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Anne Hillerman

Anne Hillerman is a New Mexico journalist, and New York Times best-selling author.

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Anthony Awards

The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.

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Arthur Upfield

Arthur William Upfield (1 September 1890 – 12 February 1964) was an English/Australian writer, best known for his works of detective fiction featuring Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte of the Queensland Police Force, a half-caste Aborigine.

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Bony (character)

Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony) is a fictional character created by Arthur Upfield.

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Borger News-Herald

The Borger News–Herald is a newspaper based in Borger, Texas, covering the Hutchinson County area of West Texas.

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Borger, Texas

Borger is the largest city in Hutchinson County, Texas, United States.

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Bouchercon XIX

Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction.

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Bouchercon XX

Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction.

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Bouchercon XXIII

Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction.

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Bouchercon XXV

Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction.

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Bouchercon XXVI

Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction.

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Bouchercon XXXIII

Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction.

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Bronze Star Medal

The Bronze Star Medal, unofficially the Bronze Star, is a United States decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Coyote Waits

Coyote Waits is the tenth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman published in 1990.

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Dance Hall of the Dead

Dance Hall Of The Dead is the second crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, first published in 1973.

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Detective fiction

Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder.

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Edgar Award

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eric Ambler

Eric Clifford Ambler OBE (28 June 1909 – 22 October 1998) was an influential British author of thrillers, in particular spy novels, who introduced a new realism to the genre.

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Finding Moon

Finding Moon is a novel written in 1996 by Tony Hillerman, set in Southeast Asia.

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Four Corners

The Four Corners is a region of the United States consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, southeastern corner of Utah, northeastern corner of Arizona, and northwestern corner of New Mexico.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Graham Greene

Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991), better known by his pen name Graham Greene, was an English novelist regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.

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Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière is a French literary prize founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe.

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Hopi

The Hopi are a Native American tribe, who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona.

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Hunting Badger

Hunting Badger is the fourteenth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, first published in 1999.

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Hutchinson County, Texas

Hutchinson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Jim Chee

Jim Chee is one of two Navajo Tribal Police detectives in a series of mystery novels by Tony Hillerman.

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Joe Leaphorn

Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is a fictional character created by the twentieth-century American mystery writer Tony Hillerman; he is one of two officers of the Navajo Tribal Police who are featured in a number of Hillerman's novels.

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Le Monde

Le Monde (The World) is a French daily afternoon newspaper founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry at the request of Charles de Gaulle (as Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic) on 19 December 1944, shortly after the Liberation of Paris, and published continuously since its first edition.

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Listening Woman

Listening Woman is the third crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, first published in 1978.

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Macavity Awards

The Macavity Awards are a literary award for mystery writers.

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Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is an organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City.

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Navajo

The Navajo (British English: Navaho, Diné or Naabeehó) are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.

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Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation (Naabeehó Bináhásdzo) is a Native American territory covering about, occupying portions of northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico in the United States.

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Navajo Nation Police

The Navajo Nation Police (formerly known as the Navajo Tribal Police) is the law enforcement agency on the Navajo Nation in the Southwestern United States.

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Nero Award

The Nero Award is a literary award for excellence in the mystery genre presented by The Wolfe Pack, a society founded in 1978 to explore and celebrate the Nero Wolfe stories of Rex Stout.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.

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People of Darkness

People of Darkness is the fourth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by author Tony Hillerman, first published in 1980.

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Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Pottawatomie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Purple Heart

The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.

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Raymond Chandler

Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter.

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Respiratory failure

Respiratory failure results from inadequate gas exchange by the respiratory system, meaning that the arterial oxygen, carbon dioxide or both cannot be kept at normal levels.

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Sacred Clowns

Sacred Clowns is the eleventh crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, first published in 1993.

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Sacred Heart, Oklahoma

Sacred Heart is a small unincorporated community in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Seldom Disappointed

Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir is the 2001 autobiography of author Tony Hillerman.

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Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated.

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Silver Star

The Silver Star Medal, unofficially the Silver Star, is the United States Armed Forces's third-highest personal decoration for valor in combat.

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Skeleton Man (novel)

Skeleton Man is the seventeenth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, first published in 2004.

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Skinwalkers (2002 film)

Skinwalkers is a 2002 mystery television film based on the novel of the same name by Tony Hillerman, one of his series of mysteries set against contemporary Navajo life in the Southwest.

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Skinwalkers (novel)

Skinwalkers is the seventh crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by author Tony Hillerman published in 1986.

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Song of the Lion

Song of the Lion is a 2017 release and the third Leaphorn/Chee mystery written by Anne Hillerman, daughter of the series originator Tony Hillerman.

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Southwestern United States

The Southwestern United States (Suroeste de Estados Unidos; also known as the American Southwest) is the informal name for a region of the western United States.

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Spider Woman's Daughter

Spider Woman's Daughter is a 2013 release and the first Leaphorn/Chee mystery written by Anne Hillerman, daughter of the series originator Tony Hillerman.

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Talking God

Talking God is the ninth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman published in 1989.

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The Blessing Way

The Blessing Way is the first crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman.

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The Dark Wind

The Dark Wind is the fifth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, published in 1982.

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The Dark Wind (1991 film)

The Dark Wind is a 1991 American mystery drama film based on The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman, one of a series of mysteries set against contemporary Navajo life in the Southwest.

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The Fallen Man

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The First Eagle

The First Eagle is the thirteenth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, first published in 1998.

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The Ghostway

The Ghostway is the sixth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman.

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The Mysterious West

The Mysterious West is an anthology edited by Tony Hillerman and published by HarperTorch (an imprint of HarperCollins) in 1994.

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The Shape Shifter

The Shape Shifter is the eighteenth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, first published in 2006.

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The Sinister Pig

The Sinister Pig is the sixteenth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, first published in 2003.

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The Wailing Wind

The Wailing Wind is the fifteenth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, first published in 2002.

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University of New Mexico

The University of New Mexico (also referred to as UNM) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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Volcano Vista High School

Volcano Vista High School (VVHS) is a public senior high school located on the West Mesa of Albuquerque, New Mexico within the Albuquerque Public Schools District.; 2014 enrollment is 2,300.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zuni

The Zuni (A:shiwi; formerly spelled Zuñi) are Native American Pueblo peoples native to the Zuni River valley.

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103rd Infantry Division (United States)

The 103rd Infantry Division ("Cactus Division") was a unit of the United States Army which served in the U.S. Seventh Army of the 6th Army Group during World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hillerman

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