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Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard

Writer · 1925–2013 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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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.

Wrote 38

2000s

  1. 2008
  2. The Tonto Woman

    Story

  3. 2007
  4. 2005
  5. 2004

    The Big Bounce

    Novel

  6. 2003

    Karen Sisco

    Novel, Characters

1990s

  1. 1998
  2. 1997
  3. Pronto

    Novel

  4. Touch

    Novel

  5. Last Stand at Saber River

    Novel

  6. 1995
  7. 1992

    Split Images

    Novel

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. Desperado: Badlands Justice

    Characters

  3. Cat Chaser

    Novel, Screenplay

  4. 1988

    Glitz

    Novel

  5. 1987
  6. Desperado

    Writer

  7. 1986
  8. 1985
  9. 1980

    High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1974
  2. 1972
  3. 1971
  4. 1970

    The Moonshine War

    Screenplay

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Big Bounce

    Novel

  2. 1967

1950s

  1. 1957
  2. 1951

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Story

Produced 5

Other crew 3

1980s

  1. 1989

    Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

    Creator

  2. 1988

    Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge

    Creator

  3. The Return of Desperado

    Creator

Appearances3

2020s

  1. 2021

    Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write"

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2004
  2. 2002

    Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

    Self