When southwestern mystery author Tony Hillerman first saw the likenesses of his characters Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn as drawn by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin, he was delighted and said, "His watercolor Leaphorn and my imagined one were virtually identical… Chee was a different matter…Then one day Ernie Bulow showed me a copy of Skinwalkers which Ernie Franklin had illustrated. There was Jim Chee.  And as soon as I saw him I recognized him.  Of Course.  That’s how Chee would have looked."

Over the years Hillerman has been very supportive of the illustrated editions produced by Buffalo Medicine Books and Ernest Franklin, and we have published a couple of original works as well.

At Buffalo Medicine Books we specialize in signed copies of fine first printings of Tony Hillerman's books with original watercolors by Ernest Franklin.  These collectable copies come in a slipcase.  We keep all the titles in stock from Skinwalkers to the present.  Copies of the first six books will be illustrated on request if copies are supplied to the artist.  At the current time Ernest Franklin offers this service for $150 per drawing.  Buffalo Medicine will get the book signed by Tony Hillerman and supply a slipcase.

 

Buffalo Medicine is currently working on a new collector's edition of Tony Hillerman's first Reservation mystery, The Blessing Way, in cooperation with a new publishing house, Sidewinder Publishing.  We will offer 100 signed and numbered copies with Franklin illustrations.  The book should be available in early 2007.

 

Here are Hillerman's most recent books:

• The Shape Shifter
• The Skeleton Man
• The Sinister Pig
• Tony Hillerman's Navajolands by Laurence D. Linford
• The Wailing Wind
• Seldom Disappointed
• Buster Mesquite's Cowboy Band
• Sacred Land: Discovering the Beauty of Hopi Country
• Autographed Books with original Ernest Franklin art
• Posters