C.J. Box

Author profile

born

Wyoming, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.cjbox.net/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

About this author

edit data

Edgar Award-winning author C.J. Box is the author of eleven novels including the Joe Pickett series. He's also won the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, and the Barry Award. His short stories have been featured in America's Best Mystery Stories of 2006 and limited-edition printings. 2008 novel BLOOD TRAIL was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin (Ireland) Literary Award.

Box is a Wyoming native and has worked as a ranch hand, surveyor, fishing guide, a small town newspaper reporter and editor, and he co-owns an international tourism marketing firm with his wife Laurie. They have three daughters. An avid outdoorsman, Box has hunted, fished, hiked, ridden, and skied throughout Wyoming and t...more

combine editions
C.J. Box's Books

Average rating: 3.95 · 27,605 ratings · 3,453 reviews · 32 distinct works · Similar authors

	Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 3,252 ratings — published 2001 — 19 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Heaven 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 2,863 ratings — published 2008 — 28 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Savage Run 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 2,022 ratings — published 2002 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Weeks To Say Goodbye 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 2,037 ratings — published 2008 — 26 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Trail 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 1,701 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winterkill 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,766 ratings — published 2003 — 25 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nowhere To Run (Joe Pickett, #10) 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 1,629 ratings — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out Of Range (Joe Pickett, #5) 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 1,584 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Wind (Joe Pickett, #11) 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,559 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Force Of Nature (Joe Pickett, #12) 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 1,476 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by C.J. Box…

Series by C.J. Box

Joe Pickett (13 books)
by C.J. Box
4.001378130494701 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 21,043 ratings

Cody Hoyt (2 books)
by C.J. Box
3.9151724137931034 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 1,450 ratings

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Quotes by C.J. Box

“In Joe’s experience, the person who talked the most very often had the least to say.”
― C.J. Box

9 people liked it

“On the third day of their honeymoon, infamous environmental activist Stewie Woods and his new bride, Annabel Bellotti, were spiking trees in the forest when a cow exploded and blew them up. Until then, their marriage had been happy.”
― C.J. Box, Savage Run

7 people liked it

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite C.J. to Goodreads.