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C J Box Biography & Facts

Charles James Box Jr. (born 1958) is an American author of more than thirty novels. Box is the author of the Joe Pickett series, as well as several stand-alone novels, and a collection of short stories. The novels have been translated into 27 languages. Over ten million copies of his novels have been sold in the U.S. alone. The first novel in his Joe Pickett series, Open Season, was included in The New York Times list of "Notable Books" of 2001. Open Season, Blue Heaven, Nowhere to Run, and The Highway have been optioned for film and television, the latter being adapted into the television drama series Big Sky, which debuted in November 2020. In March 2016, Off the Grid debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. In 2021, Paramount Television Studios began production of a ten episode television adaptation of Box's Joe Pickett novels, featuring actor Michael Dorman as Joe Pickett, to air exclusively on the Spectrum cable television service in the U.S. The subsequent series was renewed for a second season in February 2022. Personal life and education Box is a Wyoming native and currently lives in the state. He grew up in the city of Casper. Box graduated with a degree in Mass Communications from the University of Denver. Box enjoys fishing, golfing, and outdoor activities. Awards For Open Season, Box won the Anthony Award, the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, and the Barry Award, all in the Best First Novel category. Prix Calibre 38 Award (France) Blue Heaven, his first stand-alone novel, won the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel of 2008. 2008 "BIG WYO" Award from Wyoming Tourism 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Award 2016 Western Heritage Award for Literature by the National Cowboy Museum 2021 Falcon Award for Breaking PointBibliography Joe Pickett novels Open Season (Putnam, July 2001) ISBN 978-0-399-14748-7 Savage Run (Putnam, June 2002) ISBN 978-0-399-14887-3 Winterkill (Putnam, May 2003) ISBN 978-0-425-19595-6 Trophy Hunt (Putnam, June 2004) ISBN 978-0-399-15200-9 Out of Range (Putnam, May 2005) ISBN 978-0-399-15291-7 In Plain Sight (Putnam, May 2006) ISBN 978-0-399-15360-0 Free Fire (Putnam, May 2007) ISBN 978-0-399-15427-0 Blood Trail (Putnam, May 2008) ISBN 978-0-399-15488-1 Below Zero (Putnam, June 2009) ISBN 978-0-399-15575-8 Nowhere to Run (Putnam, April 2010) ISBN 978-0-399-15645-8 Cold Wind (Putnam, March 2011) ISBN 978-0-399-15735-6 Force of Nature (Putnam, March 2012) ISBN 978-0-399-15826-1 Breaking Point (Putnam, March 2013) ISBN 978-0-399-16075-2 Stone Cold (Putnam, March 2014) ISBN 978-0-399-16076-9 Endangered (Putnam, March 2015) ISBN 978-0-399-16077-6 Off the Grid (Putnam, March 2016) ISBN 978-0-399-17660-9 Vicious Circle (Putnam, March 2017) ISBN 978-0-399-17661-6 The Disappeared (Putnam, March 2018) ISBN 978-0-399-17662-3 Wolf Pack (Putnam, March 2019) ISBN 978-0-525-53819-6 Long Range (Putnam, March 2020) ISBN 978-0-525-53823-3 Dark Sky (Putnam, March 2021) ISBN 978-0-525-53827-1 Shadows Reel (Putnam, March 2022) ISBN 978-0-593-33126-2 Storm Watch (Putnam, February 2023) ISBN 978-0-593-33130-9 Three-Inch Teeth (Putnam, February 2024) ISBN 978-0-593-33134-7Cody Hoyt / Cassie Dewell novels Back of Beyond (St. Martin's Minotaur, August 2011) ISBN 978-0-312-36574-5 The Highway (St. Martin's Minotaur, July 2013) ISBN 978-0-312-58320-0 Badlands (St. Martin's Minotaur, July 2015) ISBN 9780312583217 Paradise Valley (St. Martin's Minotaur, July 2017) ISBN 9781250051042 The Bitterroots (St. Martin's Minotaur, August 2019) ISBN 9781250051059 Treasure State (St. Martin's Minotaur, September 2022) ISBN 978-1250766960Stand-alone novels Blue Heaven (St. Martin's Minotaur, January 2008) ISBN 978-0-312-36570-7 Three Weeks to Say Goodbye (St. Martin's Minotaur, January 2009) ISBN 978-0-312-36572-1 Pronghorns of the Third Reich (Head of Zeus, April 2014) ISBN 978-1-781-85826-4Short stories Shots Fired: Stories from Joe Pickett Country (Putnam, July 2014) ISBN 978-0-399-15858-2(Included in Shots Fired) Dull Knife (2005) ("A Joe Pickett Story") The Master Falconer (2006) Le Sauvage Noble (2007)Adaptations Big Sky (2020–2023) (Television series for the ABC network, adapted from the Cassie Dewell novels) Joe Pickett (2021–2023) (Television series for the Spectrum network, adapted from the Joe Pickett novels)References External links C. J. Box's website 2011 Interview in Shotsmag Ezine – "In the Spotlight" Reader's Digest Select Editions interview. C. J. Box papers at the American Heritage Center Profile on the Macmillan Speakers Bureau website Joe Pickett television series website. Discover the C J Box popular books. Find the top 100 most popular C J Box books.

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  • Below Zero synopsis, comments

    Below Zero

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, a voice from the past has a chilling effect on Wyoming gam...

  • Free Fire synopsis, comments

    Free Fire

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett hunts a mass murderer in Yellowstone in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling...

  • Breaking Point synopsis, comments

    Breaking Point

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett’s hunt for a fugitive reveals a conspiracy in this taut thriller in the #1 New York Time...

  • A Private Cathedral synopsis, comments

    A Private Cathedral

    James Lee Burke

    After finding himself caught up in one of Louisiana’s oldest and bloodiest family rivalries, Detective Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encount...

  • Long Range synopsis, comments

    Long Range

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must investigate an attempted murdera crime committed from a confoundingly long distance...

  • Shadows Reel synopsis, comments

    Shadows Reel

    C. J. Box

    Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett and his wife, Marybeth, make separate discoveries that put the Pickett family in a pair of killers’ crosshairs in this thrilling new novel in the be...

  • Off the Grid synopsis, comments

    Off the Grid

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+The Red Desert of Wyoming is a beautiful and punishing place for anybody, even for game warden Joe Pickett and his frien...

  • Dark Sky synopsis, comments

    Dark Sky

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must accompany a Silicon Valley CEO on a hunting tripbut soon learns that he himself may...

  • Feast Day of Fools synopsis, comments

    Feast Day of Fools

    James Lee Burke

    The critically acclaimed thirtieth entry from New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke, featuring Texas Sheriff Hackberry Holland in an epic tale that is equal parts thril...

  • In Plain Sight synopsis, comments

    In Plain Sight

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett's hunt for a missing woman forces him to confront his own past in this gripping novel in...

  • The Suicide House synopsis, comments

    The Suicide House

    Charlie Donlea

    An Apple Books Best of the Month SelectionA Publishers Weekly Summer Reads 2020 Editors’ PickA Library Journal “12 Novels Featuring Protagonists on the Autism Spectrum” S...

  • The Disappeared synopsis, comments

    The Disappeared

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett has two lethal cases to contend with in this electrifying novel from #1 New York Timesbe...

  • Stone Cold synopsis, comments

    Stone Cold

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+A stranger makes trouble for Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett in this gripping thriller in the #1 New York Times bestsell...

  • Cold Snap synopsis, comments

    Cold Snap

    Marc Cameron

    “A doublebarreled blast of action, narrative, and impossibletofake authenticity with a great sense of place and a terrific protagonist. I’m looking forward to many more Arliss...

  • Force of Nature synopsis, comments

    Force of Nature

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+Joe Pickett’s friend’s past comes back to haunt everyone he cares about in this “violent, bloody, and quite satisfy...

  • Endangered synopsis, comments

    Endangered

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+In this New York Times bestseller, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is determined to find out who put his daughter’s life...

  • MatchUp synopsis, comments

    MatchUp

    Lee Child

    This “highly recommended” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) collection edited by New York Times bestselling author Lee Child pairs the beloved characters of twentytwo internation...

  • The Tin Roof Blowdown synopsis, comments

    The Tin Roof Blowdown

    James Lee Burke

    In the waning days of summer, 2005, a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck Hiroshima peels the face off southern Louisiana. This is the gruesome reality Iberia Pari...

  • Wolf Pack synopsis, comments

    Wolf Pack

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett encounters bad behavior on his own turfonly to have the FBI and the DOJ ask him to stand...

  • Open Season synopsis, comments

    Open Season

    C. J. Box

    Don't miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+The first novel in the thrilling series featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett from #1 New York Times bestselling a...

  • The New Iberia Blues synopsis, comments

    The New Iberia Blues

    James Lee Burke

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNamed one of the best crime novels of 2019 by The New York Times Book Review.The shocking death of a young woman leads Detective Dave Robicheaux into the d...

  • The Silver Chair synopsis, comments

    The Silver Chair

    C. S. Lewis

    Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a fullcolor ebook device and in rich black and white on all other devices.Narnia . . . where giants wreak havoc . . . wh...

  • Open Carry synopsis, comments

    Open Carry

    Marc Cameron

    From New York Times bestselling author Marc Cameron,a thrill ride into the savage beauty of Alaska – where the wilderness is deadlier than any killer and a Tlingit girl's cold...

  • The Wild Inside synopsis, comments

    The Wild Inside

    Christine Carbo

    A haunting crime novel set in Glacier National Park about a man who finds himself at odds with the dark heart of the wildand the even darker heart of human nature.It was a clear ni...

  • Poison synopsis, comments

    Poison

    John Lescroart

    From the bestselling author whose prose “matches the best of John Grisham and Scott Turow” (Providence Journal) comes a gripping thriller featuring attorney Dismas Hardy as he inve...

  • Blood Trail synopsis, comments

    Blood Trail

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+It's elk season in the Rockies, but a different kind of hunter is stalking prey in this novel in the #1 New York Times b...

  • Swan Peak synopsis, comments

    Swan Peak

    James Lee Burke

    Trouble follows Dave Robicheaux. James Lee Burke's new novel, Swan Peak, finds Detective Robicheaux far from his New Iberia roots, attempting to relax in the untouched wilderne...

  • Out of Range synopsis, comments

    Out of Range

    C. J. Box

    Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is about to become the hunted in this suspenseful thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.When a good friend and fellow warden kills hi...

  • The Last Battle synopsis, comments

    The Last Battle

    C. S. Lewis

    Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a fullcolor ebook device and in rich black and white on all other devices.Narnia . . . where lies breed fear . . . where...

  • Shots Fired synopsis, comments

    Shots Fired

    C. J. Box

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Joe Pickett series comes a thrilling collection of suspense stories about the Wyoming he knows so welland the dark deeds a...

  • Savage Run synopsis, comments

    Savage Run

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett uncovers a conspiracy in this explosive novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling serie...

  • The C.J. Box Highway Quartet Collection synopsis, comments

    The C.J. Box Highway Quartet Collection

    C. J. Box

    Here together in a convenient ebook bundle, the four thrilling mysteries in the Highway Quartet Collection from Edgar Awardwinning, New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box: Ba...

  • The Horse and His Boy synopsis, comments

    The Horse and His Boy

    C. S. Lewis

    Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a fullcolor ebook device and in rich black and white on all other devices.Narnia . . . where horses talk . . . where tre...

  • Bitterroot synopsis, comments

    Bitterroot

    James Lee Burke

    Following his acclaimed bestseller Purple Cane Road, James Lee Burke returns with a triumphant tour de force.Set in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, home to celebrities seeking to...

  • Pride and Prejudice Complete Text with Extras synopsis, comments

    Pride and Prejudice Complete Text with Extras

    Jane Austen

    "Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her."With all the forces of the world conspiring to keep Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet apart, how will fate manage to ...

  • Prince Caspian synopsis, comments

    Prince Caspian

    C. S. Lewis

    Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a fullcolor ebook device and in rich black and white on all other devices.Narnia . . . where animals talk . . . where tr...

  • Cryptonomicon synopsis, comments

    Cryptonomicon

    Neal Stephenson

    With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epochmaking masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men...

  • The Color of Magic synopsis, comments

    The Color of Magic

    Terry Pratchett

    “In the history of comic fantasy, Mr. Pratchett has no equals for invention or for range. . . . Those who don’t [know him] can do no better than to buy installment No. 1, The ...

  • Vicious Circle synopsis, comments

    Vicious Circle

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+The past comes back to haunt game warden Joe Pickett and his family with devastating effect in this thrilling novel from...

  • Winterkill synopsis, comments

    Winterkill

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+Joe Pickett’s pursuit of a killer through the rugged mountains of Wyoming takes a horrifying turn when his beloved foste...

  • Cold Wind synopsis, comments

    Cold Wind

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+Joe Pickett investigates a murder that hits close to home in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.W...

  • Nowhere to Run synopsis, comments

    Nowhere to Run

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+A mountain patrol leads Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett into a dangerous situation in this gripping novel from #1 New Yo...

  • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader synopsis, comments

    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    C. S. Lewis

    Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a fullcolor ebook device and in rich black and white on all other devices.Narnia . . . where a dragon awakens . . . wher...

  • Trophy Hunt synopsis, comments

    Trophy Hunt

    C. J. Box

    Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT seriesnow streaming on Paramount+In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Joe Pickett series, the Wyoming game warden is up against a viciou...