Tony Hillerman created the Navajo characters-- Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito. His daughter and New York Times bestselling author, Anne Hillerman's The Tale Teller is the fifth novel in the police procedural series which has the same Navajo characters.

Tony Hillerman created the Navajo characters-- Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito. His daughter and New York Times bestselling author, Anne Hillerman's The Tale Teller is the fifth novel in the police procedural series which has the same Navajo characters.