James Lee Burke

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Cover of James Lee Burke's novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (1993).
Cover of James Lee Burke's novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (1993).

James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series. He has twice received the Edgar Award for Best Novel, for Black Cherry Blues in 1990 and Cimarron Rose in 1998.

Burke was born in Houston, Texas, but grew up on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast. He attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the University of Missouri, receiving a BA and MA from the latter. He has worked at a wide variety of jobs over the years, including working in the oil industry, as a reporter, and as a social worker. Shortly before his move to Montana, he taught for several years in the Creative Writing program at Wichita State University in the 1980s.

Burke and his wife, Pearl, split their time between Lolo, Montana, and New Iberia, Louisiana. Their daughter, Alafair Burke, is also a mystery novelist.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Half of Paradise (1965)
  • To The Bright and Shining Sun (1970)
  • Lay Down My Sword and Shield (1971)
  • Two for Texas (1982)
  • "The Convict" [SS] (1985)
  • The Lost Get-Back Boogie (1986)
  • The Neon Rain (1987)[1]
  • Heaven's Prisoners (1988)[1] filmed as Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
  • Black Cherry Blues (1989)[1]
  • A Morning for Flamingos (1990)[1]
  • A Stained White Radiance (1992)[1]
  • In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (1993)[1] filmed as In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (2007)
  • Dixie City Jam (1994)[1]
  • Burning Angel (1995)[1]
  • Cadillac Jukebox (1996)[1]
  • Cimarron Rose (1997)[2]
  • Sunset Limited (1998)[1]
  • Heartwood (1999)[2]
  • Purple Cane Road (2000)[1]
  • Bitterroot (2001)[2]
  • Jolie Blon's Bounce (2002)[1]
  • White Doves at Morning (2002)
  • Last Car to Elysian Fields (2003)[1]
  • In the Moon of Red Ponies (2004)[2]
  • Crusader's Cross (2005)[1]
  • Pegasus Descending (2006)[1]
  • The Tin Roof Blowdown (2007)[1]
  • "Jesus Out to Sea" [SS] (2007)
  • Swan Peak (2008)[1]

1  featuring Dave Robicheaux
2  featuring Billy Bob Holland

[SS] - short stories

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