I liked the way it came out, tweaked it a bit and decided to leave it in the book with the thought that readers might enjoy it, too." How did the chapter come about when you wrote it? "ĪNNE: " Villains are difficult for me, and I wrote that chapter as a way first of all to give myself some additional insight into that person’s character. MIKE:" What inspired you to give a small chapter to the killers in THE WAY OF THE BEAR? You wrote about the identities of the killers so masterfully, no one would have suspected it was them. However, I have been fortunate to know people who, like Chap, find tremendous pleasure in their work and approach it with enormous dedication." I talked to paleontologists for the book, but I haven’t known one quite like Chapman Dulles. I’d written about archaeology in my first novel, so, I thought it would be interesting to talk about old bones and fossils. How did this character evolve and have you actually ever known anybody like him before? "ĪNNE: " When I first considered setting a novel in the beautiful landscape of the Bears Ears, one thing that captured my imagination was the wealth of archaeological and paleontological resources there. Will Dulles have a recurring role in the future books you will write in Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito series. MIKE: " You have introduced a rather eccentric paleontologist Chapman Dulles.
They seemed to enjoy working together so there might be more of that in store for them." In this book, Bernie needs a colleague and Chee is the obvious guy to ask.
What inspired you to do that?"ĪNNE: " I had wanted to do that for several books, but one or the other of the characters declined to cooperate. MIKE:" In your new book-THE WAY OF THE BEAR, Chee and Bernie work together for the first time on a case. While these crimes are being committed by the killers, there is a plot twist that that will surprise the reader." What is so different with 'The Way Of The Bear' this the very first time Chee and Bernie have worked together to solve a crime. When I asked Anne why this new novel was so different and outstanding from her past novels, she stated: " I have definitely learned a little bit from each book I have written. Walking and exploring both the Bear Ears National Monument and the Valley of the Gods was simply incredible. The Valley of the Gods landscape is incredibly beautiful.It was wonderful to be back on the Navajo Nation after the pandemic. She said in her exclusive interview with me: " I really enjoyed the research that I did for 'The Way Of The Bear'. Anne Hillerman Talks About Her New Novel-The Way Of The BearĪnne Hillerman's masterfully written cliff-hanger THE WAY OF THE BEAR is the very best in her mystery series of Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito sagas.
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