Anne Hillerman. Courtesy/Kitty Leaken
COMMUNITY News:
The October Friends of History live presentation of Anne Hillerman’s “History’s Footprints: Weaving the Past into Modern Mysteries” was so successful that Friends of History has slotted it for its next (November) First Wednesday Lecture via Zoom.
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The Friends of History continues its monthly First Wednesday Zoom lecture series for the New Mexico History Museum with: “History’s Footprints: Weaving the Past into Modern Mysteries”, presented by award-winning author Anne Hillerman.
- Date: Wednesday Nov. 6, 2024
- Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
- Cost: Free, donations accepted
- Register: here https://bit.ly/3NcmCey
Overview
In this taped presentation of her October speech, journalist and award-winning author, Anne Hillerman, shares how her research into the Long Walk of the Navajo, explorations of Chaco Canyon, and the history of New Mexico and the Southwest enrich and inspire her novels. Anne believes that, besides providing wonderful entertainment, good fiction also expands the reader’s world. The interplay of factual information with the “who done it and why” aspect of the mystery genre, gives her novels a texture that is distinctively hers. New Mexico’s landscape, people and stories nurture her creative spirit.
Bio
New York Times best-selling mystery author Anne Hillerman grew up in Santa Fe, surrounded by stories of New Mexico’s people, places and history. After many years as a journalist, editing and reporting for numerous publications including the New Mexican and the Albuquerque Journal, Hillerman began writing fiction. She published her first Leaphorn, Chee, Manuelito mystery in 2013.That first novel, like all her subsequent novels, was a New York Times best seller. Her books are inspired by the work of her father, author Tony Hillerman, who began the series. New Mexico’s landscape, people and stories nurture her creative spirit. The Hillerman books are the basis for Dark Winds, a TV series produced by AMC.
