James Lee Burke
James Lee Burke is an American author of mysteries, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won an Edgar Award for Black Cherry Blues and an Edgar Award for Cimarron Rose , and has also been presented with the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The Robicheaux character has been portrayed twice on screen, first by Alec Baldwin and then Tommy Lee Jones . Burkes 1982 novel, Two for Texas, was made into a 1998 TV Movie by the same name Novel by James Lee Burke, Teleplay by Larry Brothers , and starring Kris Kristofferson as Hugh Allison with Scott Barstow, Tom Skerritt, and Peter Coyote. Burke has also written five miscellaneous crime novels , two short story collections, four books starring protagonist Texas attorney Billy Bob Holland, and four books starring Billy Bobs cousin Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland and two books starring Weldon Avery Holland, grandson of Texas legendary lawman Hackberry Holland.
Burke was born in Houston, Texas, but spent most of his childhood on the TexasLouisiana Gulf Coast. He attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and University of Missouri, receiving a BA and MA from the latter. He has worked in a wide variety of industries over the years, including oil, journalism and social care. He taught for the creative writing program at Wichita State University during the 80s, shortly before resettling in Montana.
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