Hillerman, Tony (1925—)
Since 1970, writer Tony Hillerman has developed the detective fiction genre with his highly regarded series of detective novels set on Navajo customs and culture. His tw...
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Tony Hillerman "created the American Indian policier," according to critic Herbert Mitgang in the New York Times. Hillerman also "breaks out of the detective genre," as Daniel K. Muhlestein noted in t...
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Tony Hillerman grew up during the Depression in the small, farming community of Sacred Heart, in Potawatomie, Oklahoma. His father's farm came without indoor plumbing, tractor, or electricity. The nea...
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“I tend to have two sorts of fans,” Tony Hillerman observed in a 1986 interview with Sue Bernell and Michaela Karni: “One kind are the mystery readers, who care more about plot. The oth...
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In the following excerpt, Menefee calls The First Eagle “a disturbing but fascinating story,” and praises Hillerman's skillful portrayal of the southwestern landscape and its Nati...
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In the following review, Langton ranks Hunting Badger among Hillerman's best novels, contending the author utilizes a vivid sense of landscape and strong development of his two central characte...
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In the following review, Day praises Hunting Badger, calling the novel “skillful and convincing.”
Hunting Badger is the 13th of Tony Hillerman's mystery novels featuring Navajo...
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In the following review, Day asserts that Hillerman's Seldom Disappointed contains a vivid, matter-of-fact writing style, and points to the description of the author's experiences in com...
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In the following essay, Roush asserts that the novels in Hillerman's Leaphorn/Chee series deserve to be recognized as “anthropological mysteries,” applauding the author's c...
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In the following review, Champlin argues that although Sacred Clowns is not the most dramatic in the Leaphorn/Chee series, the book is “one of the warmest and most pleasing of Hillerman'...
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In the following review, Palmer praises New Mexico, Rio Grande, and Other Essays, asserting that the collection is well-written and informative.
If all state histories were as clearly, elegantly, a...
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In the following review, Bain praises Hillerman for using well-developed characters and exercising narrative control in Finding Moon.
Tony Hillerman, Western writer of fiction and nonfiction, autho...
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In the following review, Roraback hails Finding Moon as an entertaining story rich in detail and praises the work for its depth and the complexity of its main character.
Tony Hillerman? In Vietnam?...
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Which work won a 2007 Edgar Allan Poe award for best play? Elementary, my dear reader! It was "Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure," by Steven Dietz.That wasn't the only Edgar award winner with Si...
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Roger Straus, the late founder and longtime leader of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, regarded his company as a family and liked to boast that "We publish authors, not books."And what authors: Isaac B...
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Hillerman, Tony (1925—)
Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman
Critical Review by Christine C. Menefee
Solved: Poe mystery awards are announced
