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Anthony Grove Hillerman (May 27, 1925 – October 26, 2008) was an American author of
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s and nonfiction works, best known for his mystery novels featuring
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. It is under the Navajo Division of Public Safety. It is headed by a Chief of Police, six ...
officers
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. The other officer ...
and
Jim Chee Jim Chee is one of two Navajo Tribal Police detectives in a series of mystery novels by Tony Hillerman. Unlike his superior Joe Leaphorn, the "Legendary Lieutenant", Chee is a staunch believer in traditional Navajo culture; indeed, he is studyi ...
. Several of his works have been adapted as theatrical and television movies.


Biography

Tony Hillerman was born in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma, to August Alfred Hillerman, a farmer and shopkeeper, and his wife, Lucy Grove. He was the youngest of their three children, and the second son. His paternal grandparents were born in
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, and his maternal grandparents were born in
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. He grew up in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, attending elementary and high school with
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children. Jeffrey Herlihy argues that this background made possible "a significantly different portrayal of Native Americans in his writing", in comparison to other authors of his time. "Growing up Indian," Hillerman said of his childhood, "you did not have an 'us and them.'" He was a decorated combat veteran of
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, serving from August 1943 to October 1945 as a mortarman in the 103rd Infantry Division in the European theatre. He earned the
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, the
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, and a
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. Hillerman attended the
University of Oklahoma , mottoeng = "For the benefit of the Citizen and the State" , type = Public research university , established = , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.7billion (2021) , pr ...
after the war, meeting Marie Unzner, a student in
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. The couple wed and had one biological child and five adopted children. From 1948 to 1962, he worked as a journalist, moving to
Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label= Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The name “S ...
, in 1952. In 1966, he moved his family to
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, where he earned a master's degree from the
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. During his time as a writer for the ''
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'' in Borger, Texas, he became acquainted with the sheriff of Hutchinson County, the man upon whom he would pattern the main character in his Joe Leaphorn novels. He taught journalism from 1966 to 1987 at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and also began writing novels. He lived there with his wife Marie until his death in 2008. At the time of his death, they had been married 60 years and had 10 grandchildren. A consistently bestselling author, he was ranked as New Mexico's 22nd-wealthiest man in 1996. He wrote 18 books in his Navajo series. He wrote more than 30 books total, among them a memoir and books about the Southwest, its beauty, and its history. His literary honors were awarded for his Navajo books. Hillerman's books have been translated into eight languages, among them Danish and Japanese. Hillerman's writing is noted for the cultural details he provides about his subjects:
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, Zuni, European settlers, federal agents, and especially the
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. It is under the Navajo Division of Public Safety. It is headed by a Chief of Police, six ...
. His works in nonfiction and in fiction reflect his appreciation of the natural wonders of the American Southwest and his appreciation of its indigenous people, particularly the
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. His mystery novels are set in the
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area of
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and
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, sometimes reaching into
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and
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, with occasional forays to the big cities of Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and New York City. The protagonists are
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. The other officer ...
and
Jim Chee Jim Chee is one of two Navajo Tribal Police detectives in a series of mystery novels by Tony Hillerman. Unlike his superior Joe Leaphorn, the "Legendary Lieutenant", Chee is a staunch believer in traditional Navajo culture; indeed, he is studyi ...
of the Navajo Nation Police. Lt. Leaphorn was introduced in Hillerman's first novel, '' The Blessing Way'' (1970). Sgt. Jim Chee was introduced in the fourth novel, ''
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. This is the first novel in the series to feature Officer Jim Chee. The stor ...
''. The two first work together in the seventh novel, '' Skinwalkers'', considered his breakout novel, with a distinct increase in sales with the two police officers working together. Hillerman repeatedly acknowledged his debt to an earlier series of mystery novels written by British-born Australian author Arthur W. Upfield and set among
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in remote desert regions of tropical and subtropical Australia. The Upfield novels were first published in 1928 and featured a half-European, half-aboriginal Australian hero, Detective-Inspector Napoleon (Bony) Bonaparte. Bony worked with deep understanding of Aboriginal traditions. The character was based on the achievements of an Aboriginal person known as Tracker Leon, whom Upfield had met during his years in the Australian bush. Hillerman discussed his debt to Upfield in many interviews and in his introduction to the posthumous 1984 reprint of Upfield's ''A Royal Abduction.'' In the introduction, he described the appeal of the descriptions in Upfield's crime novels. It was descriptions both of the harsh
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areas and of "the people who somehow survived upon them" that lured him. "When my own Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police unravels a mystery because he understands the ways of his people, when he reads the signs in the sandy bottom of a reservation arroyo, he is walking in the tracks Bony made 50 years ago." He also mentioned
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,
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, and
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as authors who influenced him as he wrote the Leaphorn and Chee novels. In an interview published in ''
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'', Hillerman said his Navajo name means "He who is afraid of his horse". Tony Hillerman died on October 26, 2008, of
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in Albuquerque at the age of 83, and was interred at
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.


Recognition beyond the US

Hillerman's novels were popular in France. Hillerman credits that popularity both to French curiosity about other cultures and to his translator, Pierre Bondil.


Legacy and honors

Hillerman is considered one of New Mexico's foremost novelists. The Tony Hillerman Library was dedicated in Albuquerque in 2008, and the Tony Hillerman Middle School (part of Volcano Vista High School) opened in 2009. ''Dance Hall of the Dead'', published in 1973, earned Hillerman the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1987, a French international literary honor. Hillerman was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Literature (Litt.D.) from the University of New Mexico in 1990. He was awarded the Owen Wister Award in 2008 for "Outstanding Contributions to the American West."


Awards

Hillerman was a decorated combat veteran of
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; he earned the
Silver Star The Silver Star Medal (SSM) is the United States Armed Forces' third-highest military decoration for valor in combat. The Silver Star Medal is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed Forces for gallantry in action against an e ...
, the
Bronze Star The Bronze Star Medal (BSM) is a United States Armed Forces 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. W ...
, and a
Purple Heart The Purple Heart (PH) is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after 5 April 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, ...
as a mortarman in the 103rd Infantry Division. He won and was nominated for numerous awards for his writing and his work with other writers. His first nomination came in 1972, with his novel '' The Fly on the Wall'' being nominated for an
Edgar Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...
in the "Best Mystery Novel" category. Two years later his novel ''
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. It features police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn. It is set primarily in Ramah Reservati ...
'', second book in the Leaphorn-Chee series, won the 1974
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for Best Novel. He was again nominated for the "Best Mystery Novel" Edgar Award in 1979 for ''
Listening Woman ''Listening Woman'' is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman, the third in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, first published in 1978. The novel features Joe Leaphorn. Pursuing what begins as a routine police call, ...
'' and lastly in 1989 for '' A Thief of Time''. Hillerman's non-fictional work ''Talking Mysteries'' was nominated in 1992 for the Edgar Award in the "Best Critical or Biographical" category. In 1987, Hillerman received the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for ''Dance Hall of the Dead''. In 1991, Hillerman received the MWA's Grand Master Award. Hillerman received the
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for ''Coyote Waits'' and the Navajo Tribe's Special Friends of the Dineh Award. Hillerman has also been successful at the annual Anthony Awards. His novel '' Skinwalkers'' won the 1988 Anthony Award for "Best Novel", and in the following year ''A Thief of Time'' was nominated for the 1989 Anthony Award in the same category. His next nomination was for his ''Talking Mysteries'' non-fictional work which was nominated at the 1992 Anthony Awards. His novel '' Sacred Clowns'' received a "Best Novel" nomination at the 1994 Anthony Awards, and the following year his short-story collection ''The Mysterious West'' won the 1995 Anthony Award in the "Best Anthology/Short Story Collection" category. His last win came at the
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at which he won the "Best Non-fiction/Critical Work" award for his memoir '' Seldom Disappointed''. Two of the Navajo Police novels won The Spur award, given by the Western Writers of America annually. ''Skinwalkers'' won the award in 1987 for Western Novel, and '' The Shape Shifter'' won in 2007 for Best Western Short Novel. '' Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir'' won the
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in 2001. Hillerman's novels were recognized at the Macavity Awards. ''A Thief of Time'' won the "Best Novel" award in 1989, and ''Talking Mysteries'' won the "Best Critical/Biographical" award in 1992. ''Seldom Disappointed'' also received a nomination in the "Best Biographical/Critical Mystery Work" category in 2002. He received the Parris Award in 1995 by Southwest Writer's Workshop for his outstanding service to other writers. In 2002, Hillerman received the Agatha Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement, given by Malice Domestic for mystery novels in the spirit of Agatha Christie.


Bibliography


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. The other officer ...
and
Jim Chee Jim Chee is one of two Navajo Tribal Police detectives in a series of mystery novels by Tony Hillerman. Unlike his superior Joe Leaphorn, the "Legendary Lieutenant", Chee is a staunch believer in traditional Navajo culture; indeed, he is studyi ...
books

The first three books feature Joe Leaphorn only (and only as a supporting secondary character in the first novel.) The next three books feature Jim Chee only. Leaphorn and Chee begin working together in the seventh novel, '' Skinwalkers''. #'' The Blessing Way'' (1970); #''
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. It features police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn. It is set primarily in Ramah Reservati ...
'' (1973); #''
Listening Woman ''Listening Woman'' is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman, the third in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, first published in 1978. The novel features Joe Leaphorn. Pursuing what begins as a routine police call, ...
'' (1978); #''
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. This is the first novel in the series to feature Officer Jim Chee. The stor ...
'' (1980); #''
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. It is the second of the novels to feature Officer Jim Chee. Now working from Tuba City, Sgt. Chee ...
'' (1982); #'' The Ghostway'' (1984); #'' Skinwalkers'' (1986); #'' A Thief of Time'' (1988); #'' Talking God'' (1989); #'' Coyote Waits'' (1990); #'' Sacred Clowns'' (1993); #'' The Fallen Man'' (1996); #'' The First Eagle'' (1998); #'' Hunting Badger'' (1999); #'' The Wailing Wind'' (2002); #'' The Sinister Pig'' (2003); #'' Skeleton Man'' (2004); #'' The Shape Shifter'' (2006);


Continuation of Leaphorn and Chee series

In 2013, Hillerman's daughter Anne Hillerman published '' Spider Woman's Daughter'' (), the first new novel since 2006 featuring Hillerman's Navajo Police characters; the novel's protagonist is Jim Chee's wife, Officer Bernadette Manuelito. Leaphorn's involvement is curtailed in the first chapter of the book. Leaphorn is the victim of an assassination attempt, spends half of the book in a coma, and later was severely limited in his ability to communicate. Chee and Bernadette Manuelito are the crime solvers from that book forward in the series, with Leaphorn never fully active in the investigations. There have been seven books in Anne Hillerman's continuation series so far: * 2013 ''Spider Woman's Daughter'' . * 2015 ''Rock With Wings'' . * 2017 ''Song of the Lion'' . * 2018 ''Cave of Bones'' . * 2019 ''The Tale Teller'' . * 2021 ''Stargazer'' . * 2022 ''The Sacred Bridge'' .


Three-in-one volumes

*''The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries: Three Classic Hillerman Mysteries Featuring Lt. Joe Leaphorn: The Blessing Way, Dance Hall of the Dead, Listening Woman'' (1989); *''The Jim Chee Mysteries: Three Classic Hillerman Mysteries Featuring Officer Jim Chee: People of Darkness, The Dark Wind, The Ghostway'' (1990);
The first appearance of Jim Chee in the Leaphorn-Chee series is in ''People of Darkness''. In these three books, Joe Leaphorn is only briefly mentioned once, as "Captain Leaphorn at the Chinle substation" (''POD'', ch. 6). In the later books, where he is again prominent along with Jim Chee, he is "Lieutenant Leaphorn." *''Leaphorn & Chee: Three Classic Mysteries Featuring Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee : Skinwalkers, A Thief of Time, Talking God'' (1992), ; reprinted (2001), *''Tony Hillerman: Three Jim Chee Mysteries: People of Darkness, The Dark Wind, The Ghostway'' (1993); *''Tony Hillerman: The Leaphorn & Chee Novels: Skinwalkers, A Thief of Time, Coyote Waits'' (2005); *''Tony Hillerman: Leaphorn, Chee, and More: The Fallen Man, The First Eagle, Hunting Badger'' (2005);


Other novels

*'' The Fly on the Wall'' (1971) *''The Boy Who Made Dragonfly'' (for children) (1972) *''Buster Mesquite's Cowboy Band'' (for children) (1973) *'' Finding Moon'' (1995)


Other books by Hillerman (memoirs and nonfiction)

*''The Great Taos Bank Robbery'' (1973); *''The Spell of New Mexico'' (1976); *''Indian Country'' (1987); *''Talking Mysteries'' (with Ernie Bulow) (1991); *''The Tony Hillerman Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to His Life and Work'' by Hillerman,
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(1994); *''Canyon De Chelly'' (1998); *'' Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir'' by Tony Hillerman (2001);


Anthologies

*''Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West'' (1991); *'' The Mysterious West'' (1995); *''The Oxford book of American Detective Stories'' (1996); *''Best American Mysteries of the Century'' (2000) *''New Omnibus of Crime'' (2005);


About Hillerman, nonfiction, by others

*''The Ethnic Detective: Chester Himes, Harry Kemelman, Tony Hillerman'' by Peter Freese – including a detailed analysis of ''Listening Woman'' (1992); *''Tony Hillerman: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)'' by John M. Reilly (1996); *''Tony Hillerman's Indian Country Map & Guide, first edition by Time Traveler Maps'' by Tony Hillerman (1998); *''Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mysteries'' by Laurance D. Linford, Tony Hillerman (2001);
Expanded Third Edition (2011); . *''Tony Hillerman's Indian Country Map & Guide, second edition by Time Traveler Maps'' by Tony Hillerman (2003);


Books of photos

*''Rio Grande'', Robert Reynolds (text by Hillerman) (1975) *''New Mexico'', photography by David Muench (text by Hillerman) (1975) *''Indian Country: America's Sacred Land'', Bela Kalman (text by Hillerman) (1987) *''Hillerman Country'' (1991) *''Kilroy Was There: A GI's War in Photographs'' (2004) (with Frank Kesseler)


Adaptations

*''
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. It is the second of the novels to feature Officer Jim Chee. Now working from Tuba City, Sgt. Chee ...
'' (1991) is a film adaption of ''The Dark Wind'' from the Leaphorn and Chee book series. * ''Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries'' (2002) is a PBS miniseries that adapted '' Skinwalkers'', ''Coyote Waits'', and ''A Thief of Time'' from the Leaphorn and Chee book series. *''
Dark Winds ''Dark Winds'' is an American psychological thriller television series created by Graham Roland based on the ''Leaphorn & Chee'' novel series by Tony Hillerman. It premiered on AMC and AMC+ on June 12, 2022, with the first season consisting of ...
'' (2022) is a TV series on AMC adapted from the Leaphorn and Chee book series.


References


External links


The Tony Hillerman Portal
An interactive guide to the author's life and work. A project of the Center for Southwest Research at the University of New Mexico Libraries
Inventory of the Tony Hillerman Papers, 1964–1996
Center for Southwest Research at the University of New Mexico Libraries
Unofficial homepageObituary
in
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