C.J. Box

C. J. Box is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 30 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). Box also received 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. In addition, Box received 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 based on his novels are in production (BIG SKY on ABC and JOE PICKETT on Spectrum Originals and Paramount+). He is an Executive Producer for both series.

Published in February of 2024, Three-Inch Teeth, the 24th Joe Pickett novel debuted at #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list and #1 on the Apple Ebooks Bestseller list.

Box is a Wyoming native. He 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, the state tourism industry awarded Box the “BIG WYO” Award. 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.

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Trade Paperback	The Bitterroots Investigator Cassie Dewel must work through deep roots without getting ensnared in #1 New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box's latest searing novel of loyalty, lies, and lethal retribution....Read More
Hardcover	Three-Inch Teeth Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human—in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box....Read More
Mass Market Paperback	Treasure State #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box's Treasure State finds Cassie Dewell in Montana on the trail of a con man....Read More
Trade Paperback	Paradise Valley Box's fourth novel featuring Cassie Dewell, the inspiration for the hit TV show Big Sky on ABC, comes to trade paperback....Read More
Trade Paperback	Back of Beyond & The Bitterroots Here together in a convenient bundle, two thrilling mysteries in the Cassie Dewell Novels from Edgar Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box, the basis for the hit TV show Big Sky. Back of Beyond Cody Hoyt, although a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his friend Hank Winters turns up de...Read More
Trade Paperback	Badlands In C.J. Box's Badlands, the town of Grimstad used to be a place people came from but were never headed to. Now it’s the oil capital of North Dakota. With oil comes money, with money comes drugs, and with drugs come the dirtiest criminals Grimstad’s new deputy sheriff Cassie Dewell has ever encountered. . . Twelve-year-old Kyle Westergaard d...Read More
Trade Paperback	The Highway The inspiration for the hit ABC television series Big Sky. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, the New York Times bestselling author of Back of Beyond and Breaking Point and the creator of the Joe Pickett series is back. "If C.J. Box isn't already on your list, put him there."--USA Today When two sisters set out across a remot...Read More
Mass Market Paperback	Back of Beyond Back of Beyond is the first book in the thrilling Highway Quartet series from the New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box. "One of the most suspenseful wilderness thrillers since Deliverance." —Associated Press Cody Hoyt, although a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his friend Hank Winters turns u...Read More
Trade Paperback	The Bitterroots Investigator Cassie Dewel must work through deep roots without getting ensnared in #1 New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box's latest searing novel of loyalty, lies, and lethal retribution....Read More
Mass Market Paperback	Three Weeks to Say Goodbye A breathtaking new thriller about a man who will do just about anything to protect his wife and adopted daughter...Read More
Trade Paperback	Blue Heaven Blue Heaven is the break-out novel from C. J. Box, the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Joe Pickett series. A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother are on the run in the Idaho woods, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder—four men who know exactly who William and Annie are. And where their mo...Read More

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"He was tremendous—engaging and funny. In the seven years I’ve been running the series I can’t remember so many in the audience being so familiar with an author’s work."

— Jim Natal, The Literary Southwest at Yavapai College

"I thought things went really well with CJ Box this weekend. His 10 a.m. solo session was well-attended…and his noon luncheon was sold out at 120 people, with a LONG line for him at the book signing that followed. We were so pleased to host him in Sioux Falls, so his 'East River South Dakota' fans had a chance to meet him in person! And we’d love to have him back next year!"

— Jennifer Widman, South Dakota Humanities Council

"The event was terrific. Our Friends group, who sponsored the event and the reception, were beyond pleased. He was as nice and personable as could be, answered a ton of questions, did a book signing both before and after. The program evaluations all had comments about how much they enjoyed it and how funny he was."

— Jennifer Shepley, Chesterfield County Public Library

"C.J. was AWESOME!! We (and all our patrons!) had a wonderful time. He was funny, personable, a delightful storyteller and a great presenter...and he was enthusiastically received. He signed LOTS of books and was always patient while he listened to many stories from his fans."

— Heather Stout, Community / Youth Services Librarian, Lewiston City Library

"It was indeed a fabulous evening. C.J. has tons of local fans and his talk engaged everyone. It was such a pleasure to have him in Steamboat Springs."

— Jennie Lay, Adult Programs Coordinator, Bud Werner Memorial Library, Steamboat Springs, CO

"He is a wonderful, gracious person and was completely endearing to his fans. We had people who drove 200 miles to meet him—a four-hour hilly, curvy trip. He had time for everyone. He brought in over 100 festival attendees to his presentation which was the largest crowd we had for any one speaker all afternoon. In short, Arkansas LOVES C.J. Box!"

— Jean Elderwind, Administrator, Carroll and Madison Library System

"It was an amazing event! For our first author talk, we could not have done better. People just ate CJ up. He is such a class act, gracious to everyone."

— Windsor Library

"He was absolutely wonderful! Everyone enjoyed him a lot. We received nothing but positive feedback on the event. The participants found Chuck to be very engaging, open, personable, and everything they had imagined he would be!"