Hillerman, Tony

Hillerman, Tony
▪ 2009
Anthony Grove Hillerman 
      American novelist

born May 27, 1925, Sacred Heart, Okla.

died Oct. 26, 2008, Albuquerque, N.M.
produced taut mysteries that brought to light rich American Indian customs and culture and featured Navajo tribal officers as protagonists; Lieut. Joe Leaphorn (introduced in The Blessing Way [1970], Hillerman's debut novel) and Sgt. Jim Chee (who made his bow in People of Darkness [1980]) use the latest police crime-solving methods coupled with traditional Navajo beliefs (hozro, or harmony) in their detection. The lyrical novels, which were prized for their authenticity, explored the conflicts between traditional Native American values and those of modern society. The works were set in the sprawling U.S. Southwest (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico) and focused on the motivation of the suspect. Hillerman, a natural storyteller, spent his youth in Depression-era Oklahoma, where he attended a grammar school for Indian girls and a high school with the Potawatomie. After service in World War II, he graduated (1946) with a B.A. in journalism from the University of Oklahoma. Armed with his intimate knowledge of and feeling of kinship with American Indians, he began writing fiction while serving (1965–85) as a professor (emeritus from 1985) at the University of New Mexico. He found commercial success in 1986 with Skinwalkers, the book that brought together the cynical Leaphorn (who understood but did not embrace Navajo practices) and the younger Chee (who was studying to become a Navajo hataali, or shaman). Hillerman produced 18 novels in the series, ending with The Shape Shifter (2006), and a number of nonfiction works, including New Mexico, Rio Grande, and Other Essays (1992). Among his numerous awards were two from the Mystery Writers of America: the Edgar Allan Poe Award (1974, for Dance Hall of the Dead [1973]) and the Grandmaster Award (1991).

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