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James Lee Burke

USA Flag (1936 - )

About the Author: James Lee Burke's work has been awarded an Edgar twice for Best Crime Novel of the Year. He has also been a recipient of a Breadloaf and Guggenheim Fellowship and an NEA grant. Two of his novels, Heaven's Prisoners and Two For Texas, have been made into motion pictures. His short stories have been published in The Atlantic Monthly, New Stories from the South, Best American Short Stories, Antioch Review, Southern Review, and The Kenyon Review. His novel The Lost Get-Back Boogie was rejected 111 times over a period of nine years, and upon publication by Louisiana State University press was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Awards
Edgar Awards Best Novel winner (1990) : Black Cherry Blues
Dagger Awards Best Novel winner (1998) : Sunset Limited
Edgar Awards Best Novel winner (1998) : Cimarron Rose
Dagger Awards Best Novel nominee (2002) : Jolie Blon's Bounce
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (2003) : Jolie Blon's Bounce
Macavity Awards Best Novel nominee (2003) : Jolie Blon's Bounce
Dagger Awards Best Novel nominee (2007) : Pegasus Descending
Dagger Awards Best Novel nominee (2008) : The Tin Roof Blowdown
Anthony Awards Best Novel nominee (2008) : The Tin Roof Blowdown
BCA Crime Thriller of the Year Best Novel nominee (2008) : The Tin Roof Blowdown

Series Novels, Non-Fiction and Chapterbooks
Robicheaux
1. The Neon Rain (1987)
2. Heaven's Prisoners (1988)
3. Black Cherry Blues (1989)
4. A Morning for Flamingos (1990)
5. A Stained White Radiance (1992)
6. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (1993)
7. Dixie City Jam (1994)
8. Burning Angel (1995)
9. Cadillac Jukebox (1995)
10. Sunset Limited (1998)
11. Purple Cane Road (2000)
12. Jolie Blon's Bounce (2002)
13. Last Car to Elysian Fields (2003)
14. Crusader's Cross (2005)
15. Pegasus Descending (2006)
16. The Tin Roof Blowdown (2007)
17. Swan Peak (2008)
18. The Glass Rainbow (2011)
Billy Bob Holland
1. Cimarron Rose (1997)
2. Heartwood (1999)
3. Bitterroot (2001)
4. In The Moon of Red Ponies (2004)

Novels
Half of Paradise (1965)
To The Bright and Shining Sun (1970)
Lay Down My Sword and Shield (1971)
Two for Texas (1982)
aka Sabine Spring
The Lost Get Back Boogie (1986)
White Doves at Morning (2002)
Rain Gods (2009)
A Feast Day for Fools (2011)

Chapbooks
Texas City, 1947 (1992)

Non fiction
Ohio's Heritage (1989)

Collections
The Convict: And Other Stories (1985)
Jesus Out to Sea (2007)

Author information courtesy of Elliott Books.  Visit us at http://www.ElliottBooks.com