Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve Walt Longmire mystery novels, which are the basis for Longmire, the hit Netflix original drama. The Cold Dish won Le Prix du Polar Nouvel Observateur/Bibliobs. Death Without Company, the Wyoming Historical Associations Book of the Year, won Frances Le Prix 813, and Another Mans Moccasins was the Western Writers of Americas Spur Award Winner and the Mountains & Plains Book of the Year. The Dark Horse, the fifth in the series, was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and Junkyard Dogs won The Watson Award for a mystery novel with the best sidekick. 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, which won the Rocky for the best crime novel typifying the western United States. A Serpents Tooth opened as a New York Times bestseller as did Any Other Name and Wait for Signs, Johnson's collection of short stories. Spirit of Steamboat was selected by the State Library as the inaugural One Book Wyoming and included visits to sixty-three libraries. Johnson lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population twenty-five.
Genres: Mystery
New Books
Series
Walt Longmire Mysteries
1. The Cold Dish (2004)
2. Death Without Company (2006)
3. Kindness Goes Unpunished (2007)
4. Another Man's Moccasins (2008)
5. The Dark Horse (2009)
6. Junkyard Dogs (2010)
7. Hell Is Empty (2011)
7.5. Divorce Horse (2012)
8. As the Crow Flies (2012)
8.5. Christmas in Absaroka County (2012)
8.6. Messenger (2013)
9. A Serpent's Tooth (2013)
9.5. The Spirit of Steamboat (2013)
10. Any Other Name (2014)
10.5. Wait for Signs (2014)
11. Dry Bones (2015)
11.5. The Highwayman (2016)
12. An Obvious Fact (2016)
13. The Western Star (2017)
14. Depth of Winter (2018)
15. Land of Wolves (2019)
16. Next to Last Stand (2020)
17. Daughter of the Morning Star (2021)
18. Hell and Back (2022)
19. The Longmire Defense (2023)
20. First Frost (2024)
1. The Cold Dish (2004)
2. Death Without Company (2006)
3. Kindness Goes Unpunished (2007)
4. Another Man's Moccasins (2008)
5. The Dark Horse (2009)
6. Junkyard Dogs (2010)
7. Hell Is Empty (2011)
7.5. Divorce Horse (2012)
8. As the Crow Flies (2012)
8.5. Christmas in Absaroka County (2012)
8.6. Messenger (2013)
9. A Serpent's Tooth (2013)
9.5. The Spirit of Steamboat (2013)
10. Any Other Name (2014)
10.5. Wait for Signs (2014)
11. Dry Bones (2015)
11.5. The Highwayman (2016)
12. An Obvious Fact (2016)
13. The Western Star (2017)
14. Depth of Winter (2018)
15. Land of Wolves (2019)
16. Next to Last Stand (2020)
17. Daughter of the Morning Star (2021)
18. Hell and Back (2022)
19. The Longmire Defense (2023)
20. First Frost (2024)
Awards
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