- He earned a master's degree at the University of New Mexico, where he later taught journalism and became chairman of the journalism department.
- He enrolled at the University of Oklahoma, but left in 1943 to join the Army. He went ashore with the 103rd Infantry Division on D-Day, and was severely wounded in Alsace. He received a Silver Star with Oak-Leaf Cluster. After the war, he returned to college to complete his degree.
- Children: Anne, Janet, Anthony, Monica, Stephen, Daniel.
- A publisher who turned his manuscript down actually said to him, "Your stories would be a lot more interesting if you'd take out all this American Indian stuff."
- He worked as a farmer, truck driver, oil-field roughneck, and reporter and editor for newspapers in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, as well as United Press International in Oklahoma City.
- His parents were farmers, and also ran a small store where young Tony listened, spellbound, to the stories told by local residents.
- Second cousin of John Hillerman.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 134, pages 204-210. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- Father of Anne Hillerman.
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