page_title: Tony Hillerman
section_title: Legacy and honors
hierarchical_section_title: Tony Hillerman / Legacy and honors
caption_attribution_description: Tony Hillerman Library, Albuquerque, NM
context_page_description: Anthony Grove "Tony" Hillerman was an 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 theatrical and television movies.
context_section_description: Hillerman is considered one of New Mexico's foremost novelists. In Albuquerque, the Tony Hillerman Library was dedicated in 2008, and the Tony Hillerman Middle School (part of Volcano Vista High School) opened in 2009. Dance Hall of the Dead, published in 1973 earned Hillerman the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1987, a French international literary honor. Hillerman was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Literature (Litt.D.) from the University of New Mexico in 1990. He was awarded the Owen Wister Award in 2008 for "Outstanding Contributions to the American West."
caption: The Tony Hillerman Library in Albuquerque, named in his honor.
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