C. J. Box

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5.0 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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CJ Box: Blanton’s bourbon whiskey CJ tells the best first-agent-first-book-deal story I’ve ever heard (by far), shares his daily writing routine in Wyoming, describes the way working in print journalism has helped his fiction career, reveals that people have frequently thought they are a character in one of his novels, gives a raw appraisal of Taylor Sheridan.

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0:00.0	Don't miss a thing from Dedicated. You can subscribe to the show on YouTube at Dedicated with Doug Brunt to watch the latest interviews and clips from the show as well as watch me make the drinks for our guests in studio. You can also subscribe to Instagram, X, and Facebook to keep up with all the latest news, pictures, and updates from the show.
0:17.9	Welcome to Dedicated with Doug Brunt. You have just gained access to an exclusive insider's look at the lives and works of some of your favorite authors and hear conversations with the world's greatest writers as they discuss their writing lifestyle, creative process, latest work, and behind the scenes revelations.
0:40.3	Welcome back to Dedicated. I am thrilled today to be with C.J. Box. He is the number one New York
0:45.6	Times bestselling author of more than 30 books. He's been executive producer of two TV series,
0:50.7	both based on his books. And he's the winner of numerous awards, including one from the National Cowboy Museum. So naturally, we'll be drinking bourbon today. CJ, welcome. Thank you. It's a real pleasure to be here. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. Oh, great. So your wife, Lori, is here as well, who said she's listened to a few of the episodes in the past. Every single one, I think. Oh, I love that. Thank you so much. I'm a little pickier, but I've certainly,
1:15.9	I've certainly listened to them as well. Well, there's a lot to learn. When great writers like
1:20.2	yourself come in here, there's real wisdom happening. So I try to get out of the way and let it all
1:25.8	happen. But when I heard Laurie was coming, I made sure we have some extra glasses.
1:29.0	Larry, would you like to have some Blanton's bourbon as well?
1:31.7	All right.
1:34.0	A couple of cubes.
1:35.5	Yes, please.
1:36.2	All right.
1:41.3	A little water in there, I guess.
1:45.2	All right. I am excited to try this. Yeah, I guess. All right.
1:45.8	I am excited to try this plant.
1:47.2	Yeah, I'm curious to see what you think.
1:49.2	Got the full rundown, as we were saying from the liquor store,
1:51.5	that there's this horse on top, which is very theme appropriate since we just got through with a derby.
2:00.0	It's a great looking bottle
2:01.5	it is it is it's attractive
2:03.9	I hope I don't got one on my shelf right now
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