Anne Hillerman Books

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Anne Hillerman, one of the USA’s popular mystery writers, is the daughter of Tony Hillerman, a late American best-seller detective author. Anne, who is known to take her father’s legacy forward, was born in Lawton in Oklahoma, US, on October 2, 1949. An avid reader who also loves to travel and ski, Anne is a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, US. She founded Wordharvest along with Jean Schaumberg in 2002 to promote the art of writing. Anne was a non-fiction writer and journalist before she became a novelist.

Hillerman’s award-winning debut novel Spider Woman’s Daughter, which came out in 2013, continued with the adventures of Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee but included a twist. Bernadette Manuelito, a fresh crime solver, has also chipped in. Anne’s second mystery novel Rock with Wings came out in 2015 and became a best-seller in New York. The next book of the series– Song of Lion – will be released in April next year.

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Order of Leaphorn & Chee Series with Tony Hillerman

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Blessing Way ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1970 Description / Buy
2 Dance Hall of the Dead ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1973 Description / Buy
3 Listening Woman ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1978 Description / Buy
4 People of Darkness ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1980 Description / Buy
5 The Dark Wind ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1982 Description / Buy
6 The Ghostway ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1984 Description / Buy
7 Skinwalkers ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1986 Description / Buy
8 A Thief of Time ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1988 Description / Buy
9 Talking God ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1989 Description / Buy
10 Coyote Waits ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1990 Description / Buy
11 Sacred Clowns ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1992 Description / Buy
12 The Fallen Man ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1996 Description / Buy
13 The First Eagle ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1998 Description / Buy
14 Hunting Badger ( By: Tony Hillerman) 1999 Description / Buy
15 The Wailing Wind ( By: Tony Hillerman) 2002 Description / Buy
16 The Sinister Pig ( By: Tony Hillerman) 2003 Description / Buy
17 Skeleton Man ( By: Tony Hillerman) 2004 Description / Buy
18 The Shape Shifter ( By: Tony Hillerman) 2006 Description / Buy
19 Spider Woman's Daughter 2013 Description / Buy
20 Rock with Wings 2015 Description / Buy
21 Song of the Lion 2017 Description / Buy
22 Cave of Bones 2018 Description / Buy
23 The Tale Teller 2019 Description / Buy
24 Stargazer 2021 Description / Buy
25 The Sacred Bridge 2022 Description / Buy
26 The Way of the Bear 2023 Description / Buy
27 Lost Birds 2024 Description / Buy

Order of Anne Hillerman Non-Fiction Books

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other True Stories 1973 Description / Buy
2 Children's Guide to Santa Fe 1984 Description / Buy
3 Ride the Wind, USA to Africa 1995 Description / Buy
4 Insiders' Guide to Santa Fe 1998 Description / Buy
5 Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn 2009 Description / Buy
6 Santa Fe Flavors 2009 Description / Buy
7 Gardens of Santa Fe 2010 Description / Buy
8 Tony Hillerman's Landscapes: Southwest Guide & Map 2012 Description / Buy
9 Done in the Sun: Solar Projects for Children 2012 Description / Buy
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ANNE HILLERMAN AWARDS:

Anne has won several awards in her writing career. Her first novel Spider Woman’s Daughter earned her Spur Award for the Best Novel of 2013 in 2014. The book also got two New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards – the Best Book of 2014 and Best Mystery of 2014. Her second book Rock with Wings ended as a nominee for the Dilys Award, conferred by the Independent Mystery Bookseller Association annually to the mystery titles.

The book she made with her photographer Don Strel – Tony Hillerman’s Landscape, which looked at places in Navajo territory which her father utlilized as his stories’ background, also received many awards. It was also picked as best picture book of the year 2010 by Plains and Mountains Booksellers. This book was give great fame to the writer all over the world. Millions of this book sold worldwide.

Anne Hillerman’s another creation Santa Fe Flavors: Best Restaurants and Recipes won 2009 Mexico Book Award besides securing the top rank from Mexico Press along with a silver medal from the National Federation of Press Women.

Gardens of Santa Fe, another book jointly contributed to by Anne and Don, ended as the finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award. Besides, Anne has also featured in various newspaper articles, book reviews and newsletters. She was also invited to New Mexico University to give Rudolpho Anaya Lecture.>

BEST ANNE HILLERMAN BOOKS:

Three of Anne Hillerman’s best books authored so far are:

Spider Woman’s Daughter: This creation saw Anne continuing with her late father’s popular Leaphorn along with Chee series. This book enthralls the readers with an absorbing suspense, new characters, colorful presentation and a rich Southwestern ambience. The plot is centered on Police Officer of Navajo Nation Bernadette Manualito witnessing a cold-blooded shooting of a close person. With victim fighting for survival, the entire police and investigating team begin a manhunt. Bernadette also wants to join the investigation although law bars an eyewitness’s involvement. But she is not somebody to let it go, especially when her husband – Sergeant Jim Chee – is in the charge of the case. The duo gradually discovers that an old case involving Joe Leaphorn, Chee’s former partner may hold key. They dig into it and get closer to crack the case though not very easily.

Rock with Wings: In Anne’s sequel to Spider Woman’s Daughter, Bernadette and Jim – and their mentor Joe Leaphorn investigate two puzzling cases at the same time. The police officers were to take a break from the grinding daily routine but two cases – at Shiprock and Monument Valley – cut their vacation short and saw them responding to duties at separate areas. While Jim chases a series of clues to trace a missing woman, a criminal and a mysterious mound of dirt and rocks, Bernadette gets busy with a drug bust which had gone wrong. It will be under Leaphorn again that the two would go deeper into the case and meet deadly challenges to their courageous mission.

Tony Hillerman’s Landscape: This book takes the reader into world of Anne’s best-seller writer father Tony Hillerman’s by presenting a stunning collection of documentary photographs of New Mexzico and Arizona landscapes that served as backgrounds to the renowned author’s mystery novels. The book is narrated by Anne and is supported by her photographer husband Don Strel’s contribution. This work not only familiarizes the reader with the depths of a creative man’s imagination but also forms a perfect tribute to him from his daughter.

When Does The Next Anne Hillerman book come out?

The next book by Anne Hillerman is Lost Birds and will be released on April, 23rd 2024. It is the newest book in the Leaphorn & Chee Series.

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