Craig Johnson

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Craig Johnson


Born
in Huntington, West Virginia, The United States
January 16, 1961

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American novelist and playwright. He lives in Ucross, near Sheridan, Wyoming, population 25.

Johnson has written nine novels featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire: The Cold Dish, Death Without Company, Kindness Goes Unpunished, Another Man's Moccasins, Junkyard Dogs, The Dark Horse (which received starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal, and was named one of Publisher's Weekly's best books of the year in 2009), Hell Is Empty, As The Crow Flies and A Serpent's Tooth. The Cold Dish and The Dark Horse were both Dilys Award finalists, and Death Without Company was named the Wyoming Historical Association's Book of the Year. Ano
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Average rating: 4.22 · 103,465 ratings · 10,926 reviews · 34 distinct works · Similar authors
The Cold Dish (Walt Longmir...

4.14 avg rating — 16,258 ratings — published 2004 — 25 editions
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Death Without Company (Walt...

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Kindness Goes Unpunished (W...

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Another Man's Moccasins (Wa...

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The Dark Horse (Walt Longmi...

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Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmir...

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As The Crow Flies (Walt Lon...

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Hell Is Empty (Walt Longmir...

4.29 avg rating — 6,671 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions
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A Serpent's Tooth (Walt Lon...

4.26 avg rating — 5,897 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions
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Any Other Name (Walt Longmi...

4.23 avg rating — 4,831 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions
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The Cold Dish Death Without Company Kindness Goes Unpunished Another Man's Moccasins The Dark Horse Junkyard Dogs Hell Is Empty
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“The place was packed as we flooded in, all the patrons freezing at the sight of an armed sheriff, two deputies, an Indian, and a construction worker; we probably looked like the Village People.”
Craig Johnson, Death Without Company

“Henry figured that the reason the Cheyenne had always ridden Appaloosas into battle was because by the time the men got there, they were so angry with the horses they were ready to kill everything.”
Craig Johnson, The Cold Dish

“He mulled that over. "Sheriff Connally woulda let us shoot 'em."
I reached over and took his coffee away from him. "Yep. Lucian probably would have done the job himself, but we're living in more enlightened times." I drained his cup and handed it back with a smile. "Ain't it grand?”
Craig Johnson, The Cold Dish

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