Mystery Writers Salon with Anne Hillerman & J. Courtney White

Two Santa Fe award-winning authors share the stage to present their latest mysteries, Anne Hillerman whose eagerly anticipated Tale Teller is her fourth book in the Leaphorn and Chee Series, and J. Courtney White who presents The Sun - Volume 1 of the Sun Ranch Saga.

In Tale Teller, Legendary Navajo policeman Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn may have retired from the Tribal Police, but he finds himself knee-deep in a perplexing case involving a priceless artifact—a reminder of a dark time in Navajo history.

Anne Hillerman is an award-winning reporter and the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Spider Woman’s Daughter, Rock with Wings, Song of the Lion, and Cave of Bones, as well as several nonfiction books. She is the daughter of New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Sun Ranch Saga is a contemporary mystery series. It is centered on a large cattle ranch in northern New Mexico, near the fictional town of Alameda, and takes places during the tumultuous years of 2008-9.

J. Courtney White served as Executive Director of Quivira for nearly fifteen years before becoming its Creative Director and ultimately leaving in 2016 to focus on writing. His nonfiction writing focuses on archaeology, collaborative conservation, regenerative agriculture, ecological restoration, and the radical center. In his nonprofit work, he aims to foster economic and ecological resilience in working landscapes, with an emphasis on carbon ranching and other low-tech solutions to pressing global challenges.