J. dale dillard
My writing roots
My writing roots
My writing roots
I was born in Roswell and raised in Las Cruces, New Mexico. My connection to storytelling started early—I was reading before I ever set foot in a classroom. I’ve always loved getting lost in rich, character-driven worlds. That lifelong passion took a new turn in 2015, when a community writing class sparked the first idea for what would become my debut novel.
My style
My writing roots
My writing roots
I write crime fiction rooted in the landscapes I know best, set in southern New Mexico near the U.S.–Mexico border. My background in journalism, information technology, and experience alongside emergency dispatch and law enforcement informs the procedural realism of my work.