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Aug 21, 2013 · He was the most influential, widely imitated crime writer of his era, and his career was a long one: more than 60 years. After he had worked in advertising long enough to learn to appreciate...
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.
The Enduring Appeal Of Elmore Leonard and Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens. Crimespree Richard Godwin. 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.
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. Leonard wrote...
Aug 20, 2013 · Leonard, who died Tuesday at age 87, helped achieve for crime writing what King did for horror and Ray Bradbury for science fiction. He made it hip, and he made it respectable. When the public flocked to watch John Travolta in the movie version of “Get Shorty” in 1995, its author became the darling of Hollywood’s hottest young directors.
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 20, 2013 · Paul Sancya/AP. The writer Elmore Leonard has died. He was 87 years old and had recently suffered a stroke. For decades, Leonard — working at the very top of his profession as a crime writer —...
