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Tony Hillerman

American Author

Born: May 27, 1925

Died: Oct 26, 2008

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I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to an old trading post and saw a few elderly Navajos sitting on a bench. I felt right at home. Tony Hillerman

I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites. Tony Hillerman

Attitude Time Respect Sometimes Mind Thief Other Tribes Plot One Or Two More Toward Dead Make Readers Always Cultural Sites Burial Wanted Elements Aware Start Two

I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it. Tony Hillerman

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Women are extremely important shapers of my own life. Tony Hillerman

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Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were. Tony Hillerman

War Every Teenager Prohibited States Oklahoma Having Knew Were Up Liquor Where Grew Which War On Drugs Who Grown Grown-Up Last

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