Joe Hilley

The novels, which feature a down-and-out attorney named Mike Connolly, became popular in the Southeast, especially along the Gulf Coast where the stories are set.

[7] That book, entitled Sarah Palin: A New Kind of Leader (Zondervan), reached The New York Times Best Seller list during the final two weeks of the 2008 presidential election campaign.

The result of that effort was summarized in Observations Regarding Non-Prime Odd Numbers, released in 2021 by Dunlavy Gray.

Beginning in 2017, his original novels, the Mike Connolly mystery series, were reissued in print and as eBooks.

During that same time, he released two works of general fiction (What the Red Moon Knows and The Art Dealer's Wife) and a collection of short stories (The Legend of Dell Briggers).