Atlanta, GA 10/28/2008 12:00:18 AM
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Novelist Tony Hillerman Dies at 83

Popular mystery novelist Tony Hillerman has died. The author passed away Sunday of pulmonary failure. He was 83.

Hillerman was best known for writing the acclaimed Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels. He wrote 18 books for the series; the most notable being ‘Skinwalkers’ and ‘A Thief of Time.’ The most recent was ‘The Shape Shifter.’ He wrote 30 other books including a memoir ‘Seldom Disappointed.’

“He had such a wonderful, wonderful curiosity about the world. He could take little details and bring them to life, not just in books, but in conversation, too,” the writer’s daughter Anne Hillerman said Sunday.

Hillerman is survived by his wife Marie and their six children.

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