Tony Hillerman is past president of Mystery Writers of America and has received their Edgar and Grand Master awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian's Ambassador Award, the Silver Spur Award for the best novel set in the West, the Navaho Tribe's Special Friend Award, the National Media Award from the American Anthropological Association, the Public Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Nero Wolfe Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book, Honorary Life Membership in the Western Literature Association, and the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere. In addition to his election to Phi Beta Kappa, Tony Hillerman has been named Doctor of Humane Letters at Arizona State University and at Portland University. He lives with his wife, Marie, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
books by tony hillerman
Fiction
Hunting Badger
The First Eagle
The Fallen Man
Finding Moon
Sacred Clowns
Coyote Waits
Talking God
A Thief of Time
Skinwalkers
The Ghostway
The Dark Wind
People of Darkness
Listening Woman
Dance Hall of the Dead
The Fly on the Wall
The Blessing Way
The Boy Who Made Dragonfly (for children)
Nonfiction
Seldom Disappointed
Hillerman Country
New Mexico, Rio Grande and Other Essays
The Spell of New Mexico
About "The Great Taos Bank Robbery"
"Hillerman is surely one of the finest and
most original craftsmen at work. .. today."
-Boston Globe Book Review
"This collection is the
essence of Hillerman, which is always instructive fun."
-New Mexican
"What newcomers sometimes find irritating in the
general incompetency and charm of this capital of manana,
Hillerman portrays with simple accuracy: it is hilarious."
-Taos News
"Deserves a wide readership . .. some of Hillerman's pieces
are classics . . . the kind of great writing that uses regional
commentary to explain what may be innate behaviors