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Apr 19, 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.
Aug 20, 2013 · Award-winning crime writer Elmore Leonard, whose stories and novels went on to become films such as "3:10 to Yuma," "Get Shorty," and "Jackie Brown," died August 20, his literary agent Jeffrey...
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. I’ll use Leonard’s character Raylan Givens, one of his great characters, to exemplify his use of the Western inside the body ...
Aug 20, 2013 · Elmore Leonard. Born. in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States. October 11, 1925. Died. August 20, 2013. Website. http://www.elmoreleonard.com/ Genre. Mystery & Thrillers, Western. edit data. Elmore John Leonard lived in Dallas, Oklahoma City and Memphis before settling in Detroit in 1935.
1 Video. 6 Photos. Elmore Leonard was born on 11 October 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Out of Sight (1998), Get Shorty (1995) and Justified (2010). He was married to Christine Kent, Joan Shepard and Beverly Claire Cline. He died on 20 August 2013 in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, USA.
Aug 21, 2013 · Elmore Leonard, the prolific crime novelist whose louche characters, deadpan dialogue and immaculate prose style in novels like “ Get Shorty ,” “ Freaky Deaky ” and “Glitz” established him as a...
Aug 20, 2013 · Elmore Leonard. This article is more than 10 years old. Obituary. Elmore Leonard obituary. Crime writer known for Get Shorty, Out of Sight and Hombre whose work served as a barometer of...
