Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box is the author of eleven novels including the Joe Pickett series. He’s also won the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, and the Barry Award. His short stories have been featured in America’s Best Mystery Stories of 2006 and limited-edition printings. 2008 novel BLOOD TRAIL was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin (Ireland) Literary Award. The novels have been bestsellers and have been translated into 24 languages.

BLUE HEAVEN, Box's first stand-alone novel, won an Edgar Award for Best Novel of 2008 and has been optioned for film. THREE WEEKS TO SAY GOODBYE, was published in January of 2009 and debuted on the NY Times extended bestseller list. BELOW ZERO, Box's ninth Joe Pickett novel, was published in June of 2009 and has become the biggest bestseller to date.

Box is a Wyoming native and has worked as a ranch hand, surveyor, fishing guide, a small town newspaper reporter and editor, and he co-owns an international tourism marketing firm with his wife Laurie. In 2008, Box was awarded the "BIG WYO" Award from the state tourism industry. An avid outdoorsman, Box has hunted, fished, hiked, ridden, and skied throughout Wyoming and the Mountain West. He served on the Board of Directors for the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. They have three daughters. Box lives in Wyoming.

The Joe Pickett Novels:
Open Season (2001)
Savage Run (2002)
Winterkill (2003)
Trophy Hunt (2004)
Out of Range (2005)
In Plain Sight (2006)
Free Fire (2007)
Blood Trail (2008)
Below Zero (2009)
Nowhere to Run (2010)

The Stand Alone Novels:
Blue Heaven (2008)
Three Weeks to Say Goodbye (2009)
Back of Beyond (TBD)

Limited Edition Short Stories:
Dull Knife / Intro By Ken Bruen (2005)
The Master Falconer / Intro by T. Jefferson Parker (2006)
Le Sauvage Noble / Intro by James Crumley (2007)

Anthologies:
"Pirates of Yellowstone," Meeting Across The River (2005)
"Pirates of Yellowstone," The Best American Mystery Stories (2006)
"Perfectly Grimm," Once Upon A Crime (2009).
"Every Day Is A Good Day On The River," Hook, Line, and Sinister (2010).

To contact C.J. Box:

Ann Rittenberg, Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency, 212/684-6936, ann@rittlit.com

The Joe Pickett Novels:
Michael Barson, Penguin/Putnam, 212/366-2547, Michael.barson@us.penguingroup.com

The Stand-Alone Novels:
Hector DeJean, St. Martins Press,
646-307-5560, hector.dejean@stmartins.com

To book an appearance:
Ellis F. Trevor, Manager, Macmillan Speakers,
41 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010
212.561.8288
ellis.trevor@macmillan.com
http://www.macmillanspeakers.com/cjbox