Elmore Leonard
Writing·October 11, 1925·† August 20, 2013 — 87 years old·New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
Known For
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—Mr. ParadiseBook2023Justified: City PrimevalTVBook2021Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write"Self (archive footage)2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage)2017Get ShortyTVNovel2013Life of CrimeNovel · Executive Producer2012Freaky DeakyNovel2010JustifiedTVStory · Executive Producer · Writer2008KillshotNovel · Executive Producer2008The Tonto WomanStory20073:10 to YumaShort Story2005Be CoolNovel · Executive Producer2004The Culture ShowTVSelf2004The Big BounceNovel2003Karen SiscoTVNovel · Characters2002Jackie Brown: How It Went DownSelf1998Inside 'Out of Sight'Self1998Out of SightNovel1997Jackie BrownNovel · Executive Producer1997Gold CoastNovel1997ProntoNovel1997TouchNovel1997Last Stand at Saber RiverNovel1995Get ShortyNovel1992Split ImagesNovel1989Border ShootoutNovel1989Desperado: Badlands JusticeCharacters1989Desperado: The Outlaw WarsCreator1989Cat ChaserNovel · Screenplay1988GlitzNovel1988Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's RidgeCreator1988Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's RidgeWriter1988The Return of DesperadoCreator1987The Rosary MurdersScreenplay1987DesperadoWriter198652 Pick-UpScreenplay · Novel1985StickNovel · Screenplay1985The AmbassadorNovel1980High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will KaneWriter1974Mr. MajestykWriter1972Joe KiddWriter1971Valdez Is ComingNovel1970The Moonshine WarScreenplay1969The Big BounceNovel1967HombreNovel19573:10 to YumaShort Story1957The Tall TStory · Novel · Short Story1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsTVStory