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Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns , but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers , many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.
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Jun 17, 2024 · Elmore Leonard, American author of popular crime novels known for his clean prose style, uncanny ear for realistic dialogue, effective use of violence, unforced satiric wit, and colorful characters. Among his notable works are Fifty-two Pickup, Get Shorty, Rum Punch, and Out of Sight.
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Aug 21, 2013 · Mr. Leonard, who died on Tuesday, will forever be admired for the sheer irresistibility of the stories he told. But his legacy is much larger.
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Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) was an American author and screenwriter of Westerns, thrillers, and crime novels. He began his careers in the 1950s writing pulp Westerns, but was not widely known until the publication of his 1985 book Glitz. Some of his best known books include Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Rum Punch.
Aug 24, 2013 · NPR's Scott Simon remembers Elmore Leonard as a writer who found "putting pretty clothes on hard, direct words" contemptible, and loathed what's typically known as literature.
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Elmore Leonard wrote some of the classic crime novels of the twentieth century. Notably inspired by Higgins’s THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, (1972), Leonard was an adept dialogue writer and master of the tight scene.
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