Wednesday, June 25, 2014

FIR presents Linked Conversations with Chuck Hester, Episode 18: June 25, 2014

Linked ConversationsWelcome to the latest episode of Linked Conversations with Chuck Hester.

This episode is devoted entirely to a very special guest: Craig Johnson, the author the Walt Longmire mystery series.  Craig’s books are the basis for the hit A&E drama, Longmire, starring Robert Taylor, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Katee Sackoff. His latest novel in the series – By Any Other Name – just published in May and rose to number six on the New York Time Best Seller list.

Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire mystery seriesPopular in the US and Europe, The Cold Dish was a Dilys Award finalist and the French edition won Le Prix du Polar Nouvel Observateur/BibliObs. He has been honored with the Wyoming State Historical Association’s Book of the Year, France’s Le Prix 813. He’s a Western Writers of America’s Spur Award winner and the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers’ Book of the Year. The Dark Horse, the fifth in the Walt Longmire series, was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. Hell Is Empty, selected by Library Journal as the Best Mystery of the Year, was a New York Times best seller, as was As the Crow Flies.

Johnson lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population 25.

For fans of the series who have not read the books I highly recommend you do so!

Craig Johnson is active on social media with a Facebook fan page with more than 10,000 likes, and a Twitter account (he participates in Twitter chats on occasion). You can connect with Craig on social media through his Facebook page. His Twitter handle is @ucrosspop25. For more information on Craig, check out his website.

It’s an amazing interview and a lot of fun. Enjoy!

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