A set of nearly weekly questions from the Longmire Book Club answered by author Craig Johnson about the Longmire literary universe. Simply click on any title to read Craig’s answer which will open in a new window.

#1 Henry

Will Henry ever get a whole book focused on him? - Tina Micheal Ruse

#2 The Collective Bucket

Do you think you’ll ever stop writing, or will you have to kick the bucket to stop? - Donna Lynn Blankenship

#3 Leave ‘Em on the Screen

When you created the Longmire cast of characters did you use any actors as basis for the characters (like Clint Walker for Walt or Will Sampson for Henry) or did they just spring out totally from your imagination? -The Stranger’s Wild Wild Westerns

#4 The Road

With all the traveling you do, do you ever get tired of it? - Joanne Correa

#5 Mechanical Writing

Are you involved in one of the AI chatbot class action lawsuits for copyright infringement? AI is the new Wild West, and I wonder how it has impacted both the creative side of your writing and the business side? - Linda Rosie McSweeney

#6 What’s In The Saddlebag?

Seeing as how you’re traveling so much these days, how about telling us about the equipment of the Road Warrior? What kind of clothes do you travel in, luggage, tips, etc.? - Guy Pritchard

#7 If the Shoe Fits

So, what’s the strangest thing that happened on the tour this year? - Patty Felson

#8 Coming Attractions

Have you started your next book, and are there any details you’d like to share? - Betty Gunderson

#9 INCOMMUNICADO

I think I may have asked this question at last year’s Longmire Days but will ask it again. At some point, will Walt tell Cady about her mother’s miscarriage before she was born as well as Vic’s miscarriage? - Linda Roske

#10 The Writing Bug

How would the characters be different if you had started the series 10 years earlier? - Michael Crutchley

#11 What’s In Your Wallet?

What does Walt carry in his pockets? - Mark Keast

#12 Over And Above

This was your fourteenth Longmire Days; do you ever get tired of it? - Noel Peterson

#13 Shirts On Parole Does your wife still make fun of the ‘prison rodeo shirts’ you wear on tour? - Thom Rosen

#14 There Are Two Wolves Inside Of You, Sort Of

I’ve noticed that you do a lot of public appearances at bookstores, libraries, and literary festivals here and overseas. How do you balance the public / social life with the relative solitude of being an author? - Robert Mears

#15 If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Peoria

I was surprised to see you’re going to be in Peoria (I’ll be there) in October and am curious as to how you pick and choose the locations of the events you do? - Barbara McCullagh

#16 Two For the Road

Do you ever think about co-writing a book with another author? - Steven Archer

#17 Henry Reclining Bear

Lou Diamond Phillips is a marvelous actor but he’s just not the physicality that I envision in Henry Standing Bear. You’ve mentioned in previous interviews that Henry’s philosophies and spirituality are taken from a number of your Native friends, but I was just wondering where the physical aspects of the character were drawn? - Jake McMahon

#18 Long Story Short

You’ve openly stated that you don’t consider yourself a short-story writer, but yet here you are with a second anthology coming out in November -- explanation? - Ed Borja

#19 Winter Solstice

Although I think the forest fire scenes in The Brothers McKay are some of your finest descriptive writings, I still think your heart is in the snow. Do you really enjoy the Wyoming winters that much? - Brian Boykin

A set of nearly weekly questions from the Longmire Book Club answered by author Craig Johnson about the Longmire literary universe. Simply click on any title to read Craig’s answer which will open in a new window.

#1 Henry

Will Henry ever get a whole book focused on him? - Tina Micheal Ruse

#2 The Collective Bucket

Do you think you’ll ever stop writing, or will you have to kick the bucket to stop? - Donna Lynn Blankenship

#3 Leave ‘Em on the Screen

When you created the Longmire cast of characters did you use any actors as basis for the characters (like Clint Walker for Walt or Will Sampson for Henry) or did they just spring out totally from your imagination? -The Stranger’s Wild Wild Westerns

#4 The Road

With all the traveling you do, do you ever get tired of it? - Joanne Correa

#5 Mechanical Writing

Are you involved in one of the AI chatbot class action lawsuits for copyright infringement? AI is the new Wild West, and I wonder how it has impacted both the creative side of your writing and the business side? - Linda Rosie McSweeney

#6 What’s In The Saddlebag?

Seeing as how you’re traveling so much these days, how about telling us about the equipment of the Road Warrior? What kind of clothes do you travel in, luggage, tips, etc.? - Guy Pritchard

#7 If the Shoe Fits

So, what’s the strangest thing that happened on the tour this year? - Patty Felson

#8 Coming Attractions

Have you started your next book, and are there any details you’d like to share? - Betty Gunderson

#9 INCOMMUNICADO

I think I may have asked this question at last year’s Longmire Days but will ask it again. At some point, will Walt tell Cady about her mother’s miscarriage before she was born as well as Vic’s miscarriage? - Linda Roske

#10 The Writing Bug

How would the characters be different if you had started the series 10 years earlier? - Michael Crutchley

#11 What’s In Your Wallet?

What does Walt carry in his pockets? - Mark Keast

#12 Over And Above

This was your fourteenth Longmire Days;

do you ever get tired of it? - Noel

Peterson

#13 Shirts On Parole Does your wife still make fun of the ‘prison rodeo shirts’ you wear on tour? - Thom Rosen

#14 There Are Two Wolves Inside Of You,

Sort Of

I’ve noticed that you do a lot of public appearances at bookstores, libraries, and literary festivals here and overseas. How do you balance the public / social life with the relative solitude of being an author? - Robert Mears

#15 If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Peoria

I was surprised to see you’re going to be in Peoria (I’ll be there) in October and am curious as to how you pick and choose the locations of the events you do? - Barbara McCullagh

#16 Two For the Road

Do you ever think about co-writing a book with another author? - Steven Archer

#17 Henry Reclining Bear

Lou Diamond Phillips is a marvelous actor but he’s just not the physicality that I envision in Henry Standing Bear. You’ve mentioned in previous interviews that Henry’s philosophies and spirituality are taken from a number of your Native friends, but I was just wondering where the physical aspects of the character were drawn? - Jake McMahon

#18 Long Story Short

You’ve openly stated that you don’t consider yourself a short-story writer, but yet here you are with a second anthology coming out in November -- explanation? - Ed Borja

#19 Winter Solstice

Although I think the forest fire scenes in The Brothers McKay are some of your finest descriptive writings, I still think your heart is in the snow. Do you really enjoy the Wyoming winters that much? - Brian Boykin