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Awards Edgar Award for Best Novel Nominations Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author Books Blue Heaven, The Highway, Open Season, Savage Run, Winterkill Similar People Craig Johnson, Lee Child, William Kent Krueger, Nevada Barr, John Sandford Profiles | ||
The Author Stories Podcast Episode 601 | C. J. Box Interview
Charles James (C.J.) Box, Jr. is an American author of twenty-one novels. Box is the author of the popular Joe Pickett series, as well as several stand-alone novels, and a collection of short stories. The novels have been translated into 27 languages. Over ten million copies of his novels have been sold in the U.S. alone. The first novel in his Joe Pickett series, Open Season, was included in The New York Times list of "Notable Books" of 2001. Open Season, Blue Heaven, Nowhere To Run, and The Highway have been optioned for film and television. In 2016, Off The Grid debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List in March.
Contents
- The Author Stories Podcast Episode 601 C J Box Interview
- Meet c j box 1 new york times bestseller
- Personal Life and Education
- Awards
- References
Meet c j box 1 new york times bestseller
Personal Life and Education
Box is a Wyoming native and currently lives in the state. He grew up in the town of Casper. Box graduated with a degree in Mass Communications from the University of Denver. He has worked as a ranch hand, surveyor, fishing guide, a small town newspaper reporter and editor, and he owned an international tourism marketing firm with his wife, Laurie. They have three daughters and one grandchild. He and his wife Laurie split their time between their home and ranch in Wyoming.
In 2008, Box was awarded the "BIG WYO" Award from the state tourism industry. He served on the Board of Directors for the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo and currently serves on the Wyoming Office of Tourism Board.