Anne Hillerman speaks for Oklahoma Literary Site Plaque Dedication at Shawnee Library

A new Oklahoma Literary Sites Register plaque for the late author Tony Hillerman is unveiled during a dedication ceremony at Shawnee Public Library on March 15 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of his birth year. Shown, from left, are Anne Hillerman, author and daughter of Hillerman; Lisa Wells, Pioneer Library Systems Director; Mary Sims, Shawnee library branch manager; Dr. Bill Hagen, Emeritus Professor of English at OBU; and, Angie Lewis, President of Friends of Libraries in Oklahoma.

In honor of her late father's, author Tony Hillerman's, 100th birth year, author Anne Hillerman speaks during an Oklahoma Literary Sites Register plaque dedication on March 15 at Shawnee Public Library. Her father was born in Sacred Heart, and she has fond memories of visiting her mother's family in Pottawatomie County as a child.

Author and daughter of the late author Tony Hillerman, Anne Hillerman, speaks to a crowd of at least 80 people at Shawnee Public Library on March 15 for an Oklahoma Literary Sites Register plaque dedication.

Diane (Grove) Smith speaks with author Anne Hillerman about signing an article and a book during the Oklahoma Literary Sites Register plaque dedication for the late Tony HIllerman at Shawnee Public Library on March 15. Smith's father, Joseph Grove, is a cousin of Tony Hillerman, Anne's father, and attended school in Sacred Heart with the late author. Mr. Hillerman never signed the book, "The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries," when he gave it to his cousin.