I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites.
-- Tony Hillerman
   
Tony Hillerman   Name:
Tony Hillerman
Type:
Author
Nationality:
American
Birth:
May 27, 1925
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