BIOGRAPHY

Sobol, John. Tony Hillerman: A Public Life. Toronto: ECW Press, 1994, 128 p.

Sobol presents a biography of Hillerman.

CRITICISM

Bakerman, Jane S. “Joe Leaphorn and the Navajo Way: Tony Hillerman's Indian Detective Fiction.” Clues: A Journal of Detection 2, no. 1 (spring-summer 1981): 9-16.

Bakerman offers an analysis of Hillerman's character Joe Leaphorn, his Navajo roots, and his relationship to mainstream culture.

Cox, Jack. “Mr. Congeniality: Mystery Writer Tony Hillerman Drops Hints about His Life, Legacy, and New Book.” Denver Post (2 February 2003): L1.

Hillerman discusses his career, his new book The Sinister Pig, his lifestyle, and provides some anecdotes from his past.

Erisman, Fred. “Hillerman's Uses of the Southwest.” Roundup Quarterly, 1, no. 4 (summer 1989): 9-18.

Erisman asserts that the locales of Hillerman's novels are as important as the characterizations, plots, motivations, and other elements in the books.

Greenberg, Martin, editor. The Tony Hillerman Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to His Life and Work. New York: HarperCollins, 1994, 375 p.

Greenberg presents a critical introduction to Hillerman's novels.

Hillerman, Tony, and Ron Hamm. “Ron Hamm Interview with Tony Hillerman for Clues.” Clues: A Journal of Detection 21, no. 2 (fall-winter 2000): 27-35.

Hillerman discusses the relationship between his writing and his teaching, the influence of Catholicism on his fiction, and the cultural role of the storyteller in modern society.

Parfit, Michael. “Weaving Mysteries That Tell of Life Among the Navajos.” Smithsonian 21, no. 9 (December 1990): 92-105.

Parfit offers an in-depth portrait of Hillerman, the settings for his novels, and several Navajo people, while recounting a trip with Hillerman to locales such as Albuquerque and Shiprock, New Mexico, and Tuba City, Arizona.

Quirk, Tom. “Justice on the Reservation.” Armchair Detective 18, no. 4 (fall 1985): 364-66, 368-70.

Quirk examines the characters of Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee and the various plots of such works as The Blessing Way, Dance Hall of the Dead, Listening Woman, People of Darkness, and The Dark Wind.

Stasio, Marilyn. Review of The First Eagle, by Tony Hillerman. New York Times Book Review 103 (16 August 1998): 12.

Stasio praises Hillerman's strong narrative voice and skillful storytelling in The First Eagle.

Zappia, Susan. Review of The Fallen Man, by Tony Hillerman. Armchair Detective 30, no. 2 (spring 1997): 237.

Zappia asserts that The Fallen Man sustains what she feels to be the high quality of Hillerman's previous novels, particularly in its effective representation of Navajo people and culture.

Additional coverage of Hillerman's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vols. 6, 40; Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography and Resources, Vol. 2; Bestsellers, Vol. 89:1; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 29-32R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 21, 42, 65, 97; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 62; Contemporary Popular Writers; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 206; DISCovering Authors Modules: Popular Fiction and Genre Authors; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Literature Resource Center; Mystery and Suspense Writers; Reference Guide to American Literature, Ed. 4; St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, Vol. 4; St. James Guide to Young Adult Writers; Something about the Author, Vol. 6; and Twentieth-Century Western Writers, Ed. 2.