Tony Hillerman

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born

May 27, 1925 in Sacred Heart, OK, The United States

died

October 26, 2008

gender

male

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Tony Hillerman, who was born in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma, was a decorated combat veteran from World War II, serving as a mortarman in the 103rd Infantry Division and earning the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart. Later, he worked as a journalist from 1948 to 1962. Then he earned a Masters degree and taught journalism from 1966 to 1987 at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, where he resided with his wife until his death in 2008. Hillerman, a consistently bestselling author, was ranked as New Mexico's 25th wealthiest man in 1996. - Wikipedia

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Books by Tony Hillerman

Average rating: 3.88 · 52388 ratings · 2115 reviews · 69 distinct works

	The Blessing Way (Navajo Mysteries, #1) 395 avg rating — 4260 ratings — published 1970 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Skinwalkers (Navajo Mysteries, #7) 389 avg rating — 3979 ratings — published 1986 — 27 editions	My rating:
	A Thief of Time (Navajo Mysteries, #8) 390 avg rating — 3872 ratings — published 1988 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Dance Hall of the Dead (Navajo Mysteries, #2) 388 avg rating — 3160 ratings — published 1973 — 37 editions	My rating:
	Listening Woman (Navajo Mysteries, #3) 398 avg rating — 3022 ratings — published 1978 — 22 editions	My rating:
	Coyote Waits (Navajo Mysteries, #10) 392 avg rating — 3022 ratings — published 1990 — 19 editions	My rating:
	The Ghostway (Navajo Mysteries, #6) 399 avg rating — 2741 ratings — published 1984 — 25 editions	My rating:
	The Shape Shifter (Navajo Mysteries, #18) 382 avg rating — 2822 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Sacred Clowns (Navajo Mysteries, #11) 385 avg rating — 2637 ratings — published 1992 — 28 editions	My rating:
	The Dark Wind (Navajo Mysteries, #5) 394 avg rating — 2386 ratings — published 1982 — 21 editions	My rating:

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Series by Tony Hillerman

Navajo Mysteries (18 books)
by Tony Hillerman

389 avg rating — 48657 ratings

Quotes by Tony Hillerman

“From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it.”
― Tony Hillerman

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“The wing of the corn beetle affects the direction of the wind, the way the sand drifts, the way the light reflects into the eye of man beholding his reality. All is part of totality, and in this totality man finds his hozro, his way of walking in harmony, with beauty all around him.”
― Tony Hillerman

8 people liked it

“IF you are not for yourself, who will be for you? If you are only for yourself, what are you? If not now, when?”
― Tony Hillerman

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