Tony Hillerman

Emerging from a modest Oklahoma upbringing and a post-war journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma, Hillerman turned his reporting experience into a prolific writing career. After serving as a mortarman in World II and earning a Silver Star, Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster and a Purple Heart, he spent over a decade on newspapers before joining the University of New Mexico as a journalis… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources