Hillerman

[ hil-er-muhn ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

My advantage: I am a full-blooded and fluent-speaking Navajo, born and raised on the reservation alongside eight siblings in the 1970s — the time period in which “Dark Winds,” based on the series of novels by Tony Hillerman, is set.

From Los Angeles Times

The first season of AMC and AMC+’s “Dark Winds,” a gritty crime drama based on Tony Hillerman’s Leaphorn & Chee books and set on a Navajo reservation, covers heavy topics such as murder, cultural genocide and kidnapping.

From Los Angeles Times

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

After the success of “Breaking Bad” and spinoff “Better Call Saul,” other notable recent productions in New Mexico include portions the fourth season of the Netflix series “Stranger Things” and AMC’s “Dark Winds,” based on the the mystery book series from Tony Hillerman and daughter Anne Hillerman.

From Seattle Times

A benefit of working in an entirely Native writers' room is the shared understanding of the necessity of expanding the women characters in their adaptation of Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee mysteries.

From Salon