Tony Hillerman

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Tony Hillerman was an American author best known for his mystery novels featuring Navajo Tribal Police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, which vividly depict Native American culture and the Southwestern United States.

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instanceOf human
novelist
awardReceived Edgar Award NERFINISHED
Grand Master Award (Mystery Writers of America) NERFINISHED
Silver Spur Award NERFINISHED
conflict World War II
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University of New Mexico NERFINISHED
University of Oklahoma NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupDepicted Navajo Nation NERFINISHED
familyName Hillerman NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee novels
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
givenName Anthony
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainCharacter Jim Chee NERFINISHED
Joe Leaphorn NERFINISHED
militaryBranch United States Army
name Tony Hillerman NERFINISHED
notableWork A Thief of Time NERFINISHED
Coyote Waits NERFINISHED
Dance Hall of the Dead NERFINISHED
Finding Moon NERFINISHED
Hunting Badger NERFINISHED
Jim Chee series NERFINISHED
Joe Leaphorn series NERFINISHED
Listening Woman NERFINISHED
People of Darkness NERFINISHED
Sacred Clowns NERFINISHED
Seldom Disappointed NERFINISHED
Skeleton Man NERFINISHED
Skinwalkers NERFINISHED
Talking God NERFINISHED
Talking Mysteries NERFINISHED
The Blessing Way NERFINISHED
The Dark Wind NERFINISHED
The Fallen Man NERFINISHED
The First Eagle NERFINISHED
The Fly on the Wall NERFINISHED
The Ghostway NERFINISHED
The Shape Shifter NERFINISHED
The Sinister Pig NERFINISHED
The Wailing Wind NERFINISHED
occupation author
journalist
placeOfBirth Sacred Heart, Oklahoma NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Albuquerque, New Mexico NERFINISHED
placeOfResidence Albuquerque, New Mexico NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
writingSetting Navajo Nation NERFINISHED
Southwestern United States NERFINISHED

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