Tony Hillerman discusses his craft, including his approach to plot, characterisation, and setting, and the wrinkles and twists that make his brand of fiction unique. These and other insights into how he writes emerge in an extended interview with his long-time friend and fellow author Ernie Bulow. An autobiographical piece by Hillerman details his early years in Oklahoma, first encounters with Navajo culture, and his eventual life as journalist and author. Navajo artist Ernest Franklin created twelve sketches of Hillerman characters for this book. Hillerman credits Franklin with ""showing me what Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn look like."" As an additional treat, a Jim Chee mini-mystery, ""The Witch, Yazzie, and the Nine of Clubs,"" originally published in 1981 and long unavailable, is included.

About the Author
Tony Hillerman, an Edgar Award-winning novelist, is author of the Jim Chee Mystery series, which has earned him the Navajo people's appreciation as 'special friend to the Dineh'. He lives in New Mexico. Ernie Bulow lives in Gallup, New Mexico.


Book Information
ISBN 9780826335111
Author T Hillerman
Format Paperback
Page Count 138
Imprint University of New Mexico Press
Publisher University of New Mexico Press