Elmore Leonard

Born

1925-10-11

Died

2013-08-20

Birthplace

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.