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Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist.Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987) and L.A. Confidential (1990).
James Ellroy was born under the name of Lee Earle Ellroy on March 4, 1948 in the city of Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his distinct style of writing in which he frequently omits connecting words and uses short staccato sentences.
The Personal Website of James Ellroy. A master of noir crime fiction, James has up close and personal knowledge of the world of crime. His life has been shadowed by a gruesome event: the unsolved murder of his mother when he was a child.
Aug 19, 2019 · “I’ve had precious few moments,” admitted the novelist James Ellroy, “where I’ve said to myself: ‘Ellroy, you are the king. You’re the greatest crime writer that ever lived.’”
Sep 11, 2023 · Ellroy and Monroe were born five miles apart, in Los Angeles; they both took on names of their own devising. They endured the early and decisive absences of their mothers, and struggled with ...
James Ellroy, American author known for his best-selling crime and detective novels that examine sinister eras of modern American history, especially police corruption in Los Angeles in the 1940s. Especially notable is the first L.A. Quartet series: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz.
Sep 8, 2023 · James Ellroy's latest noir, 'The Enchanters,' incorporates the death of Marilyn Monroe, the corruption of Freddy Otash and the birth of L.A.'s 1960s.
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of several novels including The Enchanters, which goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with a wild riff on the Marilyn Monroe death myth in an astonishing, behind-the-headlines crime epic.. Kathryn Monaco: The narrator, Freddy Otash, is based on a real person. I’m curious why you wrote him as a rough guy with some ...
About Ellroy. James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. Quartet novels — The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz — have won numerous awards and were international bestsellers. Likewise, the novels of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy — American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s A Rover.The Quartet and Trilogy are now available in Everyman ...
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. Quartet novels—The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz—were international best sellers.His novel American Tabloid was Time magazine’s Best Book (fiction) of 1995; his memoir, My Dark Places, was a Time Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book for 1996.
