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James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke
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James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke, a rare winner of two Edgar Awards, and named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, is the author of thirty-one previous novels and two collections of short stories, including such New York Times bestsellers as The Glass Rainbow, Swan Peak, The Tin Roof Blowdown, Last Car to Elysian Fields, and Rain Gods. He lives in Missoula, Montana.

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Creole Belle will be released on August 27, 2013 in Mass Market Paperback
May 17, 2013
Two for Texas will be released on June 25, 2013 in Trade Paperback
May 17, 2013
Feast Day of Fools will be released on July 16, 2013 in Compact Disk
May 17, 2013
Light of the World will be released on July 23, 2013 in Compact Disk
May 14, 2013
Light of the World will be released on July 23, 2013 in Audio Download
May 14, 2013
Light of the World will be released on July 23, 2013 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
May 14, 2013
Light of the World will be released on July 23, 2013 in Compact Disk, Audio Download
May 14, 2013
Light of the World will be released on July 23, 2013 in eBook
May 14, 2013
White Doves at Morning will be released on April 20, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Apr 20, 2013
White Doves at Morning is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 20, 2013
Apr 05, 2013
To the Bright and Shining Sun is now available in Audio Download
Apr 02, 2013
To the Bright and Shining Sun will be released on April 02, 2013 in Audio Download
Apr 02, 2013
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Feb 23, 2013
In the Moon of Red Ponies will be released on February 09, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Feb 09, 2013
In the Moon of Red Ponies is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 09, 2013

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AL.com, April 10, 2013
...job of recreating the South Carolina Low Country. Steve Knutson, circulation library specialist, particularly likes the work of James Lee Burke. Over the years, Burke worked as a landman for Sinclair Oil Company, pipe liner, land surveyor, newspaper...
Irish Times, April 6, 2013
...whether in misty black and white such as on Phil Rickman’s The Secrets of Pain or on James Lee Burke’s Feast Day of Fools , all brooding browns and golds with a trio of crosses in silhouette. You might expect a bit of Bible-bashing from...
Blogger News Network, March 24, 2013
...powerfully good book where the setting is just as alive as the other characters.� What legendary author James Lee Burke has done for Louisiana, author Jenny Milchman has done for upper New York in winter. The cold frozen landscape is always present...
PR.com, March 22, 2013
...demons and ultimately choose between justice, revenge, and duty. In the tradition of Dennis Lehane, Tony Hillerman and James Lee Burke, Guthrie's sparse, haunting storytelling compliments his talent for creating richly-drawn, unflinching law officers...
Observer-Reporter, March 21, 2013
...of choices: mysteries and history and Hemingway and a romance. What goes with gray morning skies? Crime novelist James Lee Burke, one of my favorites. Reading his words on the page, I can see everything he sees, and he’s never too beautiful. The...
Examiner.com, March 14, 2013
...books? BEN REHDER: Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, Elmore Leonard, Janet Evanovich. Nobody is going to confuse me for James Lee Burke or Cormac McCarthy, except from a very great distance, and in near darkness. ROBIN BLAKELY: Your titles are clever, original,...
OpEdNews.com, March 12, 2013
...can watch is the Cartoon Network and the Food Channel so I've been reading a lot of James Lee Burke recently. Here are some quotes from his books The Glass Rainbow and Creole Belle that stay with me: "...There are groups of people in our midst who...
Gambit Weekly, April 26, 2013
...Firmly rooted in the Southern literature of writers ranging from Mark Twain to mystery novelist James Lee Burke, Mud is the engaging and atmospheric third feature from writer-director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter). With its story of two teenage boys who...
Columbus Republic, April 24, 2013
...writer-director Jeff Nichols seems to have been adapted from a novel that doesn't exist -- something by James Lee Burke, perhaps, or Cormac McCarthy, or some other specialist in frequently violent tales about the challenges to masculinity and the forging...
Scripps Howard News Service, April 24, 2013
...writer-director Jeff Nichols seems to have been adapted from a novel that doesn't exist -- something by James Lee Burke, perhaps, or Cormac McCarthy, or some other specialist in frequently violent tales about the challenges to masculinity and the forging...
ABC Online, April 21, 2013
...the way into the belly of the beast in the same way that the genius southern gothic writer, James Lee Burke gets into New Orleans through his deeply flawed detective, Dave Robicheaux. Paul French, crime writer and economist, steers the conversation at...
Montville CT Patch, April 17, 2013
...caption would allow, I would like to include them here.  They were his mom and dad, writers: James Lee Burke, Stephen King and Dan Jenkins, song writers: Neil Finn and Steve Wilson and anyone who works to rescue animals.    Here is a special note...
Broadway World, April 15, 2013
...fun ride in the spirit of Lee Child and Steven Hunter but with the more advanced atmospherics of James Lee Burke. The hero Tucker has terrific swagger and a great way with the damsels. With a blazing plot line, this first time author instantly takes his...
AEC News Room, April 15, 2013
...fun ride in the spirit of Lee Child and Steven Hunter but with the more advanced atmospherics of James Lee Burke. The hero Tucker has terrific swagger and a great way with the damsels. With a blazing plot line, this first time author instantly takes his...