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Hillerman

American  
[hil-er-muhn] / ˈhɪl ər mən /

noun

  1. Tony, 1925–2008, U.S. novelist and anthropologist.


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Created by Graham Roland, the AMC and AMC+ crime thriller is based on the “Leaphorn & Chee” novel series by Tony Hillerman.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

The show also starred John Hillerman as the stuffy British army veteran Higgins, who manages the estate that Magnum uses as his base.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2022

The novels were in my world, growing up, wherever Tony Hillerman was.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2022

The show, based on the Leaphorn and Chee books by Tony Hillerman, is set in 1971 and follows tribal police officers investigating a series of perhaps unrelated crimes.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022

A battery of loudspeakers carried it even into the foyer where Pardeau stopped and turned on Hillerman.

From The Clean and Wholesome Land by Sholto, Ralph

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