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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.
Aug 23, 2013 · My favourite Elmore Leonard book, Killshot, is not widely regarded as his best thriller, but it has humanity in spades. At its centre is a blue-collar couple written so real, you forget there's a ...
Aug 20, 2013 · Features. Elmore Leonard, 1925-2013: An Appreciation. Odie Henderson. August 20, 2013. 5 min read. Elmore Leonard. The first rule in Elmore Leonard ‘s ten rules of writing is “Never open a book with the weather.”. It could never be a “dark and stormy night” in Leonard’s universe. Instead, he opened his novels with nonchalant ...
Aug 21, 2013 · That Mr. Leonard seemed so pleased with how his style was translated to the screen is a great credit to those writers. But it is also a great credit to Leonard’s own clarity of intent as a writer. His work seems devoid of arcane mechanics, and it lends itself to imitation the way Van Gogh seems easy for students to copy: the brushstrokes are clear and distinct and bold.
Apr 28, 2003 · Elmore Leonard (Profile) Article by Anthony Wilson-Smith. Published Online April 28, 2003. Last Edited December 16, 2013. When it comes to the art of how to Be Cool, Elmore Leonard wrote the book - in every way. First, there's his new novel of the same name, which rocketed to a position near the top of North American best-seller lists almost ...
Aug 24, 2013 · Elmore Leonard was a writer who hated — and I don't mean disliked; Elmore had a contempt for putting pretty clothes on hard, direct words, so I mean hated — literature, or at least what he ...
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Sep 24, 2015 · Elmore Leonard became famous as a crime novelist, but he didn’t like being grouped with most of the big names in that genre, people such as Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett or, indeed, any of the noir writers. He disapproved of their melodrama, their pessimism, their psychos and nymphos and fancy writing. He saw in crime no glamour or sexiness but, on the contrary, long hours and sore feet.
