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James Lee Burke is an American author best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series.

Burke was born in Houston, Texas but grew up on the Texas-Louisiana gulf coast. He attended Southwestern Louisiana Institute and the University of Missouri, receiving a BA and MA from the latter. He has worked at a wide variety of jobs over the years, including working in the oil industry, as a reporter, as an English teacher and social worker.

Burke and his wife, Pearl, split their time between Missoula, Montana and New Iberia, Louisiana. His daughter, Alafair Burke, is also a mystery novelist.

Bibliography

• Half of Paradise (1965)
• To The Bright and Shining Sun (1970)
• Lay Down My Sword and Shield (1971)
• Two for Texas (1982)
• The Convict (1985)
• The Lost Get-Back Boogie (1986)
• The Neon Rain (1987) #
• Heaven's Prisoners (1988) #
• Black Cherry Blues (1989) #
• A Morning for Flamingos (1990) #
• A Stained White Radiance (1992) #
• In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (1993) #
• Dixie City Jam (1994) #
• Burning Angel (1995) #
• Cadillac Jukebox (1996) #
• Cimarron Rose (1997) @
• Sunset Limited (1998) #
• Heartwood (1999) @
• Purple Cane Road (2000) #
• Bitterroot (2001) @
• The Jolie Blon's Bounce (2002) #
• White Doves at Morning (2002)
• Last Car to Elysian Fields (2003) #
• In the Moon of Red Ponies (2004) @
• Crusader's Cross (2005) #

# Dave Robicheaux

@ Billy Bob Holland

External links

• Burke's "official" Website

• Mystery writers