James Lee Burke

E507822

James Lee Burke is an acclaimed American crime novelist best known for his Dave Robicheaux series and richly atmospheric, character-driven mysteries set in the American South.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
James Lee Burke canonical 4

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human
novelist
awardReceived Edgar Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1936-12-05
familyName Burke NERFINISHED
genre crime fiction
detective fiction
mystery fiction
givenName James
languageOfWorkOrName English
name James Lee Burke NERFINISHED
notableCharacter Dave Robicheaux NERFINISHED
notableSetting American South NERFINISHED
Louisiana NERFINISHED
notableWork A Morning for Flamingos NERFINISHED
A Private Cathedral NERFINISHED
Black Cherry Blues NERFINISHED
Burning Angel NERFINISHED
Cadillac Jukebox NERFINISHED
Creole Belle NERFINISHED
Crusader’s Cross NERFINISHED
Dave Robicheaux series NERFINISHED
Dixie City Jam NERFINISHED
Every Cloak Rolled in Blood NERFINISHED
Feast Day of Fools NERFINISHED
Heaven’s Prisoners NERFINISHED
House of the Rising Sun NERFINISHED
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead NERFINISHED
Jolie Blon’s Bounce NERFINISHED
Last Car to Elysian Fields NERFINISHED
Light of the World NERFINISHED
Pegasus Descending NERFINISHED
Purple Cane Road NERFINISHED
Rain Gods NERFINISHED
Robicheaux NERFINISHED
Sunset Limited NERFINISHED
Swan Peak NERFINISHED
The Glass Rainbow NERFINISHED
The Jealous Kind NERFINISHED
The Neon Rain NERFINISHED
The New Iberia Blues NERFINISHED
The Tin Roof Blowdown NERFINISHED
Two for Texas NERFINISHED
Wayfaring Stranger NERFINISHED
occupation novelist
short story writer
placeOfBirth Houston, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
spouse Pearl Burke NERFINISHED
writingStyle atmospheric
character-driven

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alafair Burke father James Lee Burke
Alafair Burke relative James Lee Burke
Burke hasNotableBearer James Lee Burke