Elmore John Leonard Jr. (born October 11, 1925, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a popular American novelist and screenwriter. October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot, NOLA (acronym for New Orleans, LA) Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area    - City 350. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ...

His father worked for General Motors (GM), as a site locator for GM facilities, which caused the family to move frequently. Although Leonard was born in New Orleans, he did not live there for long. The family moved often until he was nine, in 1934, when they settled in Detroit, Michigan. General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is an American automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Area    - City 370. ...

About this time, two major influences occurred that would show up in many of his works. Gangsters such as Bonnie and Clyde were making national headlines, as were the Detroit Tigers baseball team. In the early 1930s, Bonnie and Clyde were on their rampage, and were killed in May, 1934. The Tigers made it to the World Series in 1934. Leonard turned these events into lifelong fascinations with both sports and guns. Gangsters are members of a professional crime organization, i. ... Bonnie Parker Bonnie and Clyde. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1998–present) Current uniform Name Detroit Tigers (1901–present) Ballpark Comerica Park (2000–present) Tiger Stadium(1961-1999) a. ... The 1930s (years from 1930-1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... Bonnie Parker Bonnie and Clyde. ... For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ...

Leonard graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1943. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...

Leonard, or "Dutch" as he is sometimes called, got his first break in the fiction market during the 1950s, regularly publishing pulp western novels. He has since forayed into mystery, crime, and more topical genres, as well as screenwriting. He has been commended by critics for his gritty realism and strong dialogue. His writing style sometimes takes liberties with grammar in the interest of speeding along the story. In his essay "Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing", Leonard wrote, "My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it." [1] The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st of December, 1959. ... Western fiction is a genre of literature that is typically set in any of the American states west of the Mississippi River and between the years of approximately 1860 and 1900. ... Mystery fiction is a distinct subgenre of detective fiction that entails the occurrence of an unknown event which requires the protagonist to make known (or solve). ... Screenwriting refers to the art and craft of writing screenplays. ... Scribe Writing Writing, in its most general sense, is the preservation, and the preserved, text on a medium, with the use of signs or symbols. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or subject matter (content). ...

Leonard has been called "the Dickens of Detroit" because of his intimate portraits of people from that city. Leonard's ear for dialogue and ability to render dialogue on the printed page are uncanny and have been praised by writers as diverse as Saul Bellow and Martin Amis. "Your prose makes Raymond Chandler look clumsy", Amis told Leonard at a Writers Guild Theatre event in Beverly Hills in 1998. [2] Dickens redirects here. ... Bellow as depicted in his Nobel diploma. ... Photo of Martin Amis by Robert Birnbaum Martin Amis (born August 25, 1949) is an English novelist. ... Raymond Chandler Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an author of crime stories and novels. ...

A number of Leonard's novels have been adapted as films, perhaps most notably Hombre, Get Shorty in 1995, and Rum Punch as the 1997 film Jackie Brown. Hombre is a 1967 western film starring Paul Newman. ... European book cover Get Shorty is a novel by American novelist Elmore Leonard, first published in 1990, and a movie adaptation of the same name, released in 1995. ... Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard (book cover) Rum Punch is both the name of an alcoholic mixed drink, and a 1992 novel written by Elmore Leonard. ... Tarantinos trademark trunk shot. ...

Leonard now lives in Oakland County, Michigan, with his family. Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

Novels

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• The Bounty Hunters (1953)
• The Law at Randado (1954)
• Escape from Five Shadows (1956)
• Last Stand at Saber River (1959)(also 1997 TV movie)
• Hombre (1961) (also 1967 film)
• The Big Bounce (1969) (also 1969 film and 2004 film)
• The Moonshine War (1969) (also 1970 film)
• Valdez is Coming (1970) (also 1971 film)
• Forty Lashes Less One (1972)
• Mr. Majestyk (1974) (also 1974 film)
• Fifty-Two Pickup (1974) (also 1986 film)
• Swag (1976)
• Unknown man No. 89 (1977)
• The Hunted (1977)
• The Switch (1978)
• Gunsights (1979)
• City Primeval (1980)
• Gold Coast (1980) (also 1997 TV Movie)
• Split Images (1981) (also 1992 film)
• Cat Chaser (1982) (also 1989 film)
• Stick (1983) (also 1985 film)
• LaBrava (1983) (Edgar Award, Best Novel, 1984)
• Glitz (1985)
• Bandits (1987)
• Touch (1987) (also 1997 film)
• Freaky Deaky (1988)
• Killshot (1989)
• Get Shorty (1990) (also 1995 film)
• Maximum Bob (1991) (also 1998 TV series)
• Rum Punch (1992) (also 1997 film Jackie Brown)
• Pronto (1993)(also a 1997 TV movie)
• Riding the Rap (1995)
• Out of Sight (1996) (also 1998 film)
• Cuba Libre (1998)
• Be Cool (1999) (also 2005 film)
• Tonto Woman (1998)
• Pagan Babies (2000)
• Fire in the Hole (2001)
• When the Women Come Out to Dance (2002)
• Tishomingo Blues (2002)
• A Coyote's in the House (2003)
• Mr. Paradise (2004)
• The Hot Kid (2005)
• Up in Honey's Room (2007)[3]

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Stories

Stories turned into films:

• 3:10 to Yuma (film-1957)
• The Tall T (film-1957)

The Tall T is a 1957 western movie which tells the story of a stagecoach full of people who are held hostage by outlaws. ...

Radio

• Actor Robert Forster recorded a public service announcement for Deejay Ra's 'Hip-Hop Literacy' campaign, encouraging reading of books by Elmore Leonard

Robert Forster (born July 13, 1941) is an American actor. ...

External links

• Elmore Leonard Homepage
• Elmore Leonard: white space upon a printed page
• Photo of Leonard @ Double-Whammy
• Bio from All Movie Guide @ VH1.com
• Elmore Leonard Interview @ TheGATE.ca
• Bio @ the University of Albany
• Elmore Leonard at the Internet Movie Database
• 1985 and 1987 audio interviews with Elmore Leonard by Don Swaim of CBS Radio, RealAudio
• Guardian Interview
• Gate Interview
• BankRank Interview
• BookReporter Interview
• Elmore Leonard interviewed by Ginny Dougary (2004)