All James Lee Burke's Phoenix paperbacks are now in the same terrific livery James Lee Burke has won the CWA/Macallan Gold Dagger once and the Edgar Award twice All his most recent novels have been NEW YORK TIMES bestsellers and he is also a SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author 'Burke's plotting is as innovative as it is plausible, but it is in his feel for Texas that his prose truly sparkles. He captures its mixture of rustic innocence and shotgun justice, its beauty and vast indifference' EXPRESS 'Burke is the poet of the tortured South and never fails to connect at all levels' TIME OUT 'Burke is a prodigiously accomplished writer, and HEARTWOOD displays to the full his gifts ... An irresistible combination of western feuding and southern lyricism' SUNDAY TIMES

James Lee Burke is the author of many previous novels, including twelve featuring Detective Dave Robicheaux. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Missoula, Montana and New Iberia, Louisiana.