C. J. Box
Encyclopedia
Charles James Box, Jr. is an American writer, a native of Wyoming
, who lives outside of Cheyenne
with his wife Laurie, and daughters, Molly, Becky and Roxanne. His Joe Pickett Series has eleven novels. The first in this series, Open Season, was included in the New York Times list of "Notable Books" of 2001. He also has written several stand-alone novels.
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
, who lives outside of Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne are a Native American people of the Great Plains, who are of the Algonquian language family. The Cheyenne Nation is composed of two united tribes, the Só'taeo'o and the Tsétsêhéstâhese .The Cheyenne are thought to have branched off other tribes of Algonquian stock inhabiting lands...
with his wife Laurie, and daughters, Molly, Becky and Roxanne. His Joe Pickett Series has eleven novels. The first in this series, Open Season, was included in the New York Times list of "Notable Books" of 2001. He also has written several stand-alone novels.
Awards
- For Open Season, he won the Anthony AwardAnthony AwardThe Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher , one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America....
, the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, and the Barry AwardBarry AwardThe Barry Award is an annual prize presented to the most outstanding comedy act at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It has been awarded since 1998, when it was introduced as the Stella Award, and was renamed in 2000 in honour of Barry Humphries, one of the festival's founding patrons...
, all in the Best First Novel category. - He has also won Prix Calibre 38 Award (France)
- Blue Heaven, the first of his stand-alone novels, won the Edgar AwardEdgar AwardThe Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
for Best Mystery Novel of 2008.
The Joe Pickett Novels
- Open Season (2001) ISBN 978-0399147487
- Savage Run (2002) ISBN 978-0399148873
- Winterkill (2003) ISBN 978-0425195956
- Trophy Hunt (2004) ISBN 978-0399152009
- Out of Range (2005) ISBN 978-0399152917
- In Plain Sight (2006) ISBN 978-0399153600
- Free Fire (2007) ISBN 978-0399154270
- Blood Trail (2008) ISBN 978-0399154881
- Below Zero (2009) ISBN 978-0399155758
- Nowhere to Run (2010) ISBN 978-0399156458
- Cold Wind (2011) ISBN 978-0399157356
The Stand-Alone Novels
- Blue Heaven (2008) ISBN 978-0312365707
- Three Weeks to Say Goodbye (2009) ISBN 978-0312365721
- Back of Beyond (release date: 8/2/2011) ISBN 978-0312365745
Limited Edition Short Stories
- Dull Knife (2005) ("A Joe Pickett Story")
- The Master Falconer (2006)
- le Sauvage Noble (2007)
External links
- C. J. Box's website
- 2011 Interview in Shotsmag Ezine - "In the Spotlight"
- Reader's Digest Select Editions interview.
- C. J. Box papers at the University of WyomingUniversity of WyomingThe University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
- American Heritage CenterAmerican Heritage CenterThe American Heritage Center is the University of Wyoming's repository of manuscripts, rare books, and the university archives. Its collections focus on Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain West and a select handful of national topics: environment and conservation, the mining and petroleum industries,... - Profile on the Macmillan Speakers Bureau website