C.J. Box

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born

Wyoming, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.cjbox.net/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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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

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Books by C.J. Box

Average rating: 3.88 · 14,674 ratings · 2,297 reviews · 30 distinct works

	Blue Heaven 3.73 avg rating — 1,829 ratings — published 2008 — 22 editions	My rating:
	Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 1,643 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Three Weeks To Say Goodbye 3.65 avg rating — 1,250 ratings — published 2009 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 1,071 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Winterkill 3.97 avg rating — 1,023 ratings — published 2003 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Blood Trail 3.96 avg rating — 976 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Nowhere To Run (Joe Pickett, #10) 4.06 avg rating — 866 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Out Of Range (Joe Pickett, #5) 3.99 avg rating — 860 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Free Fire 4.02 avg rating — 860 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Below Zero 3.81 avg rating — 839 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	My rating:

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Series by C.J. Box

Joe Pickett (12 books)
by C.J. Box

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“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

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