Award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author CJ Box will discuss his Joe Pickett series and recent works including Battle Mountain as part of Richland Library's Broader Bookshelf program. The author talk will be followed by a reception, book sale, and book signing.
The Broader Bookshelf Reading Challenge encourages readers to expand their bookshelves and seek out new authors and challenging subjects. Mr. Box will talk about his long-running Joe Pickett series, including the latest Battle Mountain. Mr. Box's work responds to the 2025 Broader Bookshelf prompt "Read a book set in Montana, Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming."
Broader Bookshelf programs are funded through the Richland Library Friends and Foundation, the Central Carolina Community Foundation, and the Bagwell Revocable Living Trust in memory of Marianne and Ed Bagwell.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
C. J. Box is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 31 novels including the Joe Pickett series. He won the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel (Blue Heaven, 2009) as well as the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Maltese Falcon Award (Japan), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, two Barry Awards, and the 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Award for fiction. He was recently awarded the 2016 Western Heritage Award for Literature by the National Cowboy Museum as well as the Spur Award for Best Contemporary Novel by the Western Writers of America in 2017. Over ten million copies of his books have been sold in the U.S. and abroad and they’ve been translated into 27 languages. Two television series have been based on his novels, including BIG SKY on ABC and JOE PICKETT on Paramount+ and Amazon Prime. He was an Executive Producer for both series.
Battle Mountain, the 25th Joe Pickett novel, was published in February of 2025 and debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list, #1 on the Publishers Weekly Bestseller List, and #1 on the Apple Ebooks Bestseller list. Previous #1 NYT Bestsellers include Off The Grid, The Disappeared, Long Range, and Storm Watch.
Box is a Wyoming native and 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. 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 and the Wyoming Office of Tourism. They have three daughters and four grandchildren. He and his wife Laurie live on their ranch 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), Cold Wind (2011), Force of Nature (2012), Breaking Point (2013), Stone Cold(2014), Endangered (2015), Off The Grid (2016), Vicious Circle (2017), The Disappeared (2018), Wolf Pack (2019), Long Range (2020), Dark Sky (2021), Shadows Reel (2022), Three Inch Teeth (2024), Battle Mountain (2025).
The Cody Hoyt/Cassie Dewell and Stand Alone Novels: Blue Heaven (2008), Three Weeks to Say Goodbye (2009), Back of Beyond(2011), The Highway (2013), Badlands (2015), Paradise Valley (2017), The Bitterroots (2019), and Treasure State (2022).
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