Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1925-10-11

  • Day of Death

    2013-08-20 (87 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Biography

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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