The following is a personality profile of Tony Hillerman based on his work.
Tony Hillerman is boisterous, informal and generous.
He is confident, he is hard to embarrass and is self-confident most of the time. He is laid-back as well: he appreciates a relaxed pace in life. But, Tony Hillerman is also unstructured: he does not make a lot of time for organization in his daily life.
More than most people, his choices are driven by a desire for modernity.
Considers helping others to guide a large part of what he does: he thinks it is important to take care of the people around him. He is also relatively unconcerned with tradition: he cares more about making his own path than following what others have done.
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