James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke
Born (1936-12-05) December 5, 1936 (age 88)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
OccupationWriter, novelist
EducationUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Missouri (BA, MA)
Children4 (including Alafair Burke)
Website
www.jamesleeburke.com

James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for his novels Black Cherry Blues (1990), Cimarron Rose (1998), and Flags on the Bayou (2024).[1] He has also been presented with the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The Robicheaux character has been portrayed twice on screen, first by Alec Baldwin (Heaven's Prisoners) and then Tommy Lee Jones (In the Electric Mist).

Wirt Williams, reviewing Burke's first novel, Half of Paradise (1965), in the New York Times, compared his writing to Jean-Paul Sartre and Ernest Hemingway, but concluded "Mr. Burkes' literary forebear is Thomas Hardy."[2]

Burke's 1982 novel, Two for Texas, was made into a 1998 TV movie of the same name. Burke has also written five miscellaneous crime novels (including Two for Texas), two short-story collections, four books starring protagonist Texas attorney Billy Bob Holland, four books starring Billy Bob's cousin Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland, and two books starring Weldon Avery Holland, grandson of legendary Texas lawman Hackberry Holland.

Biography

Burke was born in Houston, Texas, but spent most of his childhood on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast. He attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and University of Missouri, receiving Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in English literature from the latter.[3]

He worked in a variety of jobs over the years, while books he had written were rejected, and books he had published went out of print. At various times, he worked as a truck driver for the U.S. Forest Service, as a newspaper reporter, as a social worker on Skid Row, Los Angeles, as a land surveyor in Colorado, in the Louisiana State unemployment system, and in the Job Corps in the Daniel Boone National Forest in eastern Kentucky.[4][3]

He taught at the University of Missouri as a grad student, then at the University of Louisiana, the University of Montana, and Miami-Dade Community College, before settling in Wichita, Kansas to teach at Wichita State University in 1978.[5][6]

Personal life

Burke and his wife Pearl, née Pai Chu,[7] owned homes in Lolo, Montana and in New Iberia, Louisiana. They have four children, including Alafair Burke, a law professor[8] and best-selling crime writer.[9][10] Daughter Pamala Burke McDavid died in 2020.[11] Extended family include cousins novelist Elizabeth Nell Dubus and author and actress DeLauné Michel.[12]

Bibliography

Dave Robicheaux

  1. The Neon Rain (1987)[13]
  2. Heaven's Prisoners (1988)
  3. Black Cherry Blues (1989)
  4. A Morning for Flamingos (1990)
  5. A Stained White Radiance (1992)
  6. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (1993)
  7. Dixie City Jam (1994)
  8. Burning Angel (1995)
  9. Cadillac Jukebox (1996)
  10. Sunset Limited (1998)
  11. Purple Cane Road (2000)
  12. Jolie Blon's Bounce (2002)
  13. Last Car to Elysian Fields (2003)
  14. Crusader's Cross (2005)
  15. Pegasus Descending (2006)
  16. The Tin Roof Blowdown (2007)
  17. Swan Peak (2008)
  18. The Glass Rainbow (2010)
  19. Creole Belle (2012)
  20. Light of the World (2013)
  21. Robicheaux (2018)
  22. The New Iberia Blues (2019)
  23. A Private Cathedral (2020)
  24. Clete (2024)

Billy Bob Holland

  1. Cimarron Rose (1997)
  2. Heartwood (1999)
  3. Bitterroot (2001)
  4. In the Moon of Red Ponies (2004)

Hackberry Holland

  1. Lay Down My Sword and Shield (1971)
  2. Rain Gods (2009)
  3. Feast Day of Fools (2011)

Holland Family Saga

  1. Wayfaring Stranger (2014)
  2. House of the Rising Sun (2015)
  3. The Jealous Kind (2016)
  4. Another Kind of Eden (2021)
  5. Every Cloak Rolled in Blood (2022)

Miscellaneous

  1. Half of Paradise (1965)
  2. To The Bright and Shining Sun (1970)
  3. Two for Texas (1982)
  4. The Lost Get-Back Boogie (1986)
  5. White Doves at Morning (2002)
  6. Flags on the Bayou (2023)

Short-story collections

  1. The Convict (1985)
  2. Jesus Out to Sea (2007)
  3. Harbor Lights (2024)
Statue honoring Burke in New Iberia, Louisiana.

Recognition

  • 1988: Burke was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction.[14] Burke received the 2002 Louisiana Writer Award for his enduring contribution to the "literary intellectual heritage of Louisiana." The award was presented by the then-Lieutenant-Governor of Louisiana, Kathleen Blanco, on November 2, 2002, at a ceremony held at the inaugural Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge.
  • Burke has been recognized three times by the Mystery Writers of America.
    • 2009: Burke received the MWA's Grand Master Award.[15] A mystery novelist rarely wins both an Edgar award and a Guggenheim fellowship.
  • In 2024 he was named winner of the Crime Writers' Association of Britain's Diamond Dagger award for his outstanding lifetime's contribution to the crime and mystery fiction genre.[16]
  • A statue of Burke was erected in downtown New Iberia, Louisiana in April of 2024.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Winners of the 2024 Edgar Awards Are Revealed". kirkusreviews.com. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  2. ^ Wirt Williams, On the Tracks of Doom, The New York Times, March 14, 1965
  3. ^ a b "Southern Masters: James Lee Burke". gardenandgun.com. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Heartbreak Lounge". wallacestroby.com. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  5. ^ Golsan, Richard J.; Burke, James Lee (2010). "Interview With James Lee Burke". South Central Review. 27 (1/2): 167–170. doi:10.1353/scr.0.0071. ISSN 0743-6831. JSTOR 40645937. S2CID 144920466.
  6. ^ "James Lee Burke to Conduct Seminar at Deep South Writer's Conference". The Lafayette Daily Advertiser. August 31, 1983. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  7. ^ Plummer, William (October 7, 1996). "Sober Perspective: Author James Lee Burke Savors Success Cautiously". People. Archived from the original on June 7, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  8. ^ "Alafair S. Burke – Maurice A. Deane School of Law – Hofstra University". law.hofstra.edu. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  9. ^ "Books by Alafair Burke and Complete Book Reviews". Publishers Weekly.
  10. ^ Anderson, Patrick (July 3, 2011). "Book World: Alafair Burke's 'Long Gone'". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  11. ^ "A Study in Bravery | James Lee Burke".
  12. ^ Larson, Susan (September 5, 2013). The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans (2013 ed.). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-5307-9. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  13. ^ Rainone, Anthony (October 2004). "Interview: James Lee Burke". January Magazine. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  14. ^ "List of Guggenheim Fellows". gf.org/fellows. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  15. ^ "Edgar Awards - Category List – The Grand Master". edgarawards.com. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  16. ^ Creamer, Ella (January 23, 2024). "Lynda La Plante and James Lee Burke share Diamond Dagger lifetime award". The Guardian. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  17. ^ Vaughn, Corey (April 9, 2024). "Burke statue unveiled in downtown New Iberia". The Daily Iberian. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

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