United States -- Southwestern States

Mapped Locations for "Skinwalkers"


This map displays the major southwestern geographic references mentioned in the novel, "Skinwalkers." It includes locations in Arizona and New Mexico, as well as several fictional locations that Tony Hillerman made up for the novel. Click on each map marker to see a brief description of the location. Scroll or zoom the map using your mouse, or click the square icon in the top right corner of the map to view it in full screen mode.

Mapped Locations for "The Ghostway"


This map displays the major southwestern geographic references mentioned in the novel, "The Ghostway." It includes locations in Arizona and New Mexico, as well as several fictional locations that Tony Hillerman made up for the novel. Click on each map marker to see a brief description of the location. Scroll or zoom the map using your mouse, or click the square icon in the top right corner of the map to view it in full screen mode.

Mapped Locations for "The Dark Wind"


This map displays the major southwestern geographic references mentioned in the novel, "The Dark Wind." It includes locations in Arizona and New Mexico, as well as several fictional locations that Tony Hillerman made up for the novel. Click on each map marker to see a brief description of the location. Scroll or zoom the map using your mouse, or click the square icon in the top right corner of the map to view it in full screen mode.

A Fall Adventure in Hillerman Country

Submitted by Sophie Ell on

Hello, I am the new Tony Hillerman Digital Fellow; I joined the crew in August. As the new fellow I was initiated into the project by being assigned to work on People of Darkness. My job is to research and define terms from the novel that would contribute to the digital encyclopedia. We have been taking terms from Hillerman’s books and, through these definitions, have been constructing a picture of the Southwest through Tony Hillerman’s eyes. People of Darkness takes place in the Grants, NM area: the checkerboard section of the Navajo reservation, Mount Taylor, and El Malpais.

Hillerman's Foreign Editions: Musings on European Book Cover Illustrations

Submitted by Stephanie Mack on

One of my first tasks on the Hillerman Portal was to describe the covers of the foreign editions of the Tony Hillerman novels. This was a fascinating time, because each cover depicted what the publisher and jacket designer imagined the book to be about, a visual representation of an imagined mythology of the American Southwest and its indigenous cultures.