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The Complete Harvard Classics - ALL 71 Volumes: The Five Foot Shelf & The Shelf of Fiction: The Famous Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature.
- Early Life
- His Career
- Dave Robicheaux Series
- Billy Bob Holland Series
- Other Works
- Private Life
- Awards
- Filmography
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James Lee Burke was born on December 5th 1936 in Los Angeles Texas.His childhood life was pretty normal as he grew up on the Louisiana Gulf Coast.His passion for writing began when he was in his teenage years where he was an avid reader of “The Hardy Boys.”He was however to realize his dream of becoming a great novelist after he graduated from the ...
By the time James was thirty four years, he had published three books namely, Half of Paradise (1965), To the Bright and Shining Sun (1970) and Lay Down my Sword and Shield.The books were fairly successful.However, it was after the three books that he faced a great challenge that almost ended his career.His next book The Lost Get Back Boogie got re...
James Lee Burke is known for his Dave Robicheaux series books which include novels like The Neon Rain, Heaven’s Prisoners,Cadillac Jukebox,The Glass Rainbow and many more.There are about twenty books in this category. Robicheaux is an unsung hero who fights for the helpless in society against rich and powerful people.He is a Lieutenant in the New O...
James has a another collection of novels that introduce a new character Billy Bob Holland in books like Cimmaron Rose,Heart Wood,Bitterroot and In the Moon of Red Ponies.Billy is a former Texas Ranger turned lawyer and is haunted by the death of his partner.He helps out the voiceless a deed he sees as a sort redemption of his past mistakes. In Cimm...
James Lee Burke’s work does not end there.He has added other series books like Hackberry Holland and Miscellaneous.He also has a collection of Short Story Anthologies.This author’s books continue to be sort after up to date.
James is married to his wife Pearl and have four children and four grandchildren.Their daughter Alafair Burke has followed in her father’s footsteps for she is also a fictional writer.James is a very private man especially when his family is concerned.He and his wife have invested in real estate and the two own a number of homes in Louisiana and Mo...
The author has received a number of awards for his work.He received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction in 1988.He also received Louisiana Writer Award in 2002.He is recognized by the Mystery Writers of America as one of the best fictional writers in the state.
Hollywood has acknowledged this author’s great work and most of his books have been turned into movies with celebrities like Tommy Lee Jones and John Goodman in In The Electric Mist with Confederate Dead.Two for Texas and Heaven’s prisoners (starring Alec Baldwin) have also been turned into movies.In August 2012 Fox producer announced that he would...
Gabriel Peachey: 4 months ago I’ve just finished reading Flags on the Bayou. JLB refers to it as his best book yet. Having read ( and enjoyed) many of his other books the power of this one left me...Maggie George: 2 years ago There has never been a more eloquent writer. ReplyTerry Schuck: 2 years ago Your writing speaks to my soul. ReplyArty Trost: 4 years ago Some series read best in the order published. Others (such as the Jack Reacher series) can be read in any order. Which is true for the Dave Robicheaux novels by James Lee Bu...Jun 11, 2024 · In the latest installment in his famous Detective Dave Robicheaux series, New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings Dave’s partner and friend Clete Purcel to the forefront for the first time as Clete and Dave attempt to stop ruthless smugglers of a dangerous new drug.
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- James Lee Burke
James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He’s authored forty novels and two short story collections.
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James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He’s authored thirty-seven novels and two short story collections.
