FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — On the Navajo Nation where tribal members sometimes hesitate to open up to outsiders, they embraced Tony Hillerman as an honest and genuine man who wanted to learn about their ...

PHOENIX Tony Hillerman, author of the acclaimed Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels and creator of two of the unlikeliest of literary heroes Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee died ...

PHOENIX -- Tony Hillerman, author of the acclaimed Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels and creator of two of the unlikeliest of literary heroes — Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee — ...

Tony Hillerman’s daughter had her own dreams for one of the stars of his novels. Now she carries on the family tradition, with a few twists. By Elisabeth Egan A six-episode adaptation of Tony ...

In Tony Hillerman's The Shape Shifter, a lot is riding on a little mysterious carpet. Not any old welcome mat, but a precious Navajo tale-teller rug, full of portents, interwoven with bits of bark and ...

Tony Hillerman was a big guy - tall, with impressive girth. Even though I had seen pictures of him on the jackets of his mystery novels, his actual size surprised me when I saw him in person. Next to ...

Tony Hillerman, 83, a New Mexico writer who brought the police procedural into new territory with compelling novels set on the Navajo Reservation, died Oct. 26 at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque ...

The legacy of author Tony Hillerman continues with his daughter Anne Hillerman taking familiar characters and locations and creating a literary legacy of her own. She was introduced by Literary ...

PHOENIX — Tony Hillerman, author of the acclaimed Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels and creator of two of the unlikeliest of literary heroes — Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee — died ...

Tony Hillerman, mystery author died yesterday. He was one of the better mystery authors of the 70s and 80s (he was writing up until his death, but the quality of his work over the past few years had ...