Tony Hillerman
It's not surprising that the Malice Domestic recognized Tony Hillerman in 2001 for a lifetime of achievement in the mystery genre. Nor that the Mystery Writers of America named him a Grandmaster of Mystery Writing in 1989. He's won nearly every award there is to win for his series of mysteries set in Navajo country.
Born in 1925, Hillerman was one of several farm boys who attended
a boarding school for Native American Girls until he was old enough
to attend high school. He was raised among the Pottawatomie and Seminole
Indians, giving him further preparation for his writing career. After
high school he joined the Army, serving in World War II and earning
a Silver Star, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Purple
Heart.
After the war and college, he began working as a journalist, filling positions as reporters, city editors, bureau managers, and editor. Eventually he began teaching journalism at the University of New Mexico. In 1948, he married Marie Unzner. They have six grown children.
Hillerman is a past president of the Mystery Writers of America and has won a Silver Spur Award for best novel set in the West and the American Indian's Ambassador Award.
Other writing awards include:
2001 Agatha Award for Lifetime
Achievement
1998 Jack D. Rittenhouse Award
1997 Oklahoma Hall of Fame Inductee
1995 Anthony Award
1992 Macavity Award
1991 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Award
1990 National Media Award of the American Anthropological Association
1990 Public Services Award of the Department of the Interior
1989 Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award
1989 Macavity Award
1988 Anthony Award
1987 Special Friends of the Dinee Award by the Navajo Nation
1986 Western Writers of America Spur Award
1974 Edgar Award
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books: |
Non-Fiction and Other Novels |
|
The Fly on the Wall |
The Navajo Mysteries |
The Boy Who Made Dragonfly |
The Blessing Way |
The Great Taos Bank Robbery |
Dance Hall of the Dead |
The Spell of New Mexico |
Listening Woman |
Mystery, Country Boys, and the Big Reservation |
People of the Darkness |
Indian Country: America 's Sacred Land |
The Dark Wind |
Making Mysteries With Navajo Materials |
The Ghost Way |
Robbers, Rogues, and Ruffians |
Skinwalkers |
Talking Mysteries |
A Thief of Time |
The Mysterious West |
Talking Gods |
Finding Moon |
Coyote Waits |
Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir |
Sacred Clowns |
Skeleton Man |
The Fallen Man |
|
The First Eagle |
Books of Photos |
Hunting Badger |
Hillerman Country |
The Wailing Winds |
Rio Grande |
The Sinister Pig |
New Mexico |
The Shapeshifter |
Kilroy Was Here: A GI's Life in Photographs |
