He got a scholarship to the University of Denver, where he studied journalism, since back those times, he wanted to become an investigative reporter. He attended Kelly Walsh High School, where was the newspaper editor and journalist. Box was two years old, his family moved to Greece in Europe, from where they returned when he was 12, after 10 years. His dad was in the Navy, and later on when he retired, he became a teacher. Box (Charles James Box) was born in 1958, in Casper, Wyoming, U.S. This is one reason why it is recommended to read the Joe Pickett series in order because you can experience Joe’s family growing together and changing from book to book as they all age, including Joe, his wife Marybeth, and Sheridan, Joe’s beloved daughter.Ī Wyoming native, C.J. Joe Pickett ages in real-time from book to book, so all characters mature and change just like real people do. All Joe Pickett wants to do is the right thing. He’s just your regular game warden thrown into the deep end when bad guys want to do bad things where he happens to work.

He has a nice life, one that he is happy with, and he has no special skills that he can boast about. He is not tormented by any demons or skeletons in the closet. Incorruptible, hardworking, and happily married, Joe is nothing like the usual crime or thriller hero. He is an all-around nice guy, an everyday man. Joe Pickett is a game warden in Saddlestring, Wyoming, a fictional town in the Bighorn Mountains. The Best American Mystery Stories 2020, 2020.Honor & …, 2018, with Sandra Brown, novella.Inherit the Dead, 2013, with Lee Child, Mary Higgins Clark, John Connolly, Charlaine Harris, Jonathan Santlofer, Lisa Unger.The Bitterroots (Cassie Dewell #4), 2019.Paradise Valley (Cassie Dewell #3), 2017.The Disappeared (Joe Pickett #18), 2018.Force of Nature (Joe Pickett #12), 2012.The Master Falconer (Joe Pickett #11.5), 2011.The Best American Mystery Stories 2020, 2020

Paradise Valley by C.J. Box