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  <name><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[James Lee Burke is an American author best known for his mysteries, particularly the [book: Dave Robicheaux] series. He has twice received the Edgar Award for Best Novel, for &lt;i&gt;[book: Black Cherry Blues]&lt;/i&gt; in 1990 and &lt;i&gt;[book: Cimarron Rose]&lt;/i&gt; in 1998.

Burke was born in Houston, Texas, but grew up on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast. He attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the University of Missouri, receiving a BA and MA from the latter. He has worked at a wide variety of jobs over the years, including working in the oil industry, as a reporter, and as a social worker. He was Writer in Residence at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, succeeding his good friend and posthumous Pulitzer Prize winner John Kennedy Toole, and preceding Ernest Gaines in the position. Shortly before his move to Montana, he taught for several years in the Creative Writing program at Wichita State University in the 1980s.

Burke and his wife, Pearl, split their time between Lolo, Montana, and New Iberia, Louisiana. Their daughter, Alafair Burke, is also a mystery novelist.

The book that has influenced his life the most is the 1929 family tragedy &quot;The Sound and the Fury&quot; by William Faulkner.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[William Faulkner]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Houston, Texas</hometown>  <born_at>12/05/1936</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Tin Roof Blowdown: A Dave Robicheaux Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.04</average_rating>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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        <book id="55019">
  <title><![CDATA[Black Cherry Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.05</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>709</ratings_count>
  <published>1989</published>  
  
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        <book id="218736">
  <title><![CDATA[In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.08</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>678</ratings_count>
  <published>1993</published>  
  
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        <book id="571942">
  <title><![CDATA[Dixie City Jam]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.96</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>629</ratings_count>
  <published>1994</published>  
  
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        <book id="55013">
  <title><![CDATA[Jolie Blon's Bounce]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.05</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>605</ratings_count>
  <published>2002</published>  
  
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        <book id="76816">
  <title><![CDATA[Cadillac Jukebox]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.91</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>626</ratings_count>
  <published>1931</published>  
  
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        <book id="55022">
  <title><![CDATA[The Neon Rain]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.97</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>591</ratings_count>
  <published>1987</published>  
  
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        <book id="44766">
  <title><![CDATA[Purple Cane Road]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.99</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>556</ratings_count>
  <published>2000</published>  
  
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        <book id="55014">
  <title><![CDATA[Pegasus Descending: A Dave Robicheaux Novel]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.97</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>541</ratings_count>
  <published>2006</published>  
  
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        <book id="55020">
  <title><![CDATA[Last Car to Elysian Fields]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[James Lee Burke]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.11</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>477</ratings_count>
  <published>2003</published>  
  
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