Anthony Grove Hillerman Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Tony Hillerman (May 27, 1925 – October 26, 2008) was an award-winning American author of detective novels and non-fiction works best known for his Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels. Several of his works have been adapted as big-screen and television movies.
Full Name
Anthony Grove Hillerman
Net Worth
$12 Million
Date Of Birth
May 27, 1925
Died
2008-10-26
Place Of Birth
Sacred Heart, Oklahoma, USA
Occupation
Novelist, Journalist, Educator
Profession
Writer, Miscellaneous Crew
Nationality
American
Spouse
Marie Unzner
Children
Six
Nicknames
Hillerman, Tony, Tony Hillerman
Star Sign
Gemini
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[1996, interview on PBS] I am 71, have now-and-then rheumatic arthritis but now very badly, have in-remission cancer, have had a minor heart attack, have one mediocre eye, one tricky ankle and two unreliable knees due to being blown up in WWII.
He earned a master's degree at the University of New Mexico, where he later taught journalism and became chairman of the journalism department.
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His parents were farmers, and also ran a small store where young Tony listened, spellbound, to the stories told by local residents.
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He enrolled at the University of Oklahoma, but left in 1943 to join the Army. He went ashore with the 103rd Infantry Division on D-Day, and was severely wounded in Alsace. He received a Silver Star with Oak-Leaf Cluster. After the war, he returned to college to complete his degree.
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He worked as a farmer, truck driver, oil-field roughneck, and reporter and editor for newspapers in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, as well as United Press International in Oklahoma City.
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A publisher who turned his manuscript down actually said to him, "Your stories would be a lot more interesting if you'd take out all this American Indian stuff."
