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TexasProgresive

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3. We are all sad that Mr. Hillerman has gone on, but
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 09:39 AM
Jan 2016

tell Mrs. Enthusiast that Chee lives. Jim and Joe's continuing adventures brought to us by the pen of daughter Anne Hiilerman. I haven't read either yet but I saw Spider Woman's Daughter in a book store the other day. It's the first I know of Anne. The snip below is from her Amazon page.

http://www.amazon.com/Anne-Hillerman/e/B001JS4JQ8/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1453127423&sr=1-1
Anne Hillerman, daughter of best-selling mystery writer Tony Hillerman, will continue her father's Navajo detective series with "Spider Woman's Daughter," due for publication Oct. 1, 2013 (HarperCollins.) The book follows the adventures of Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito as they track a would-be cop killer, travel to Chaco Canyon on the trail of a murderer, and discover intrigue in the world of ancient Indian art and artifacts.

She is the author eight non-fiction books including "Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn." She and photographer Don Strel made numerous road trips to photograph and write about the landscapes beloved by New Mexico's best known mystery writer. Working on that book inspired her novel.
"In the process of researching Tony Hillerman's Landscape, I re-read all of the Chee/Leaphorn mysteries, paying close attention to the settings. I ran into mud, dust storms, rez dogs, snow and those pricelessly beautiful days Tony Hillerman wrote about for more than 35 years," Anne said. "I loved nearly every minute of it. My personal highlights included New Mexico's Bisti badlands, the mysterious landscape near Ship Rock and vast, empty Chaco Canyon."

Anne, the eldest of Tony and Marie Hillerman's six children, came to New Mexico as a child and enjoys living in the Southwest. She is currently at work on the second book in the new mystery series.


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