About James Ellroy
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. Quartet novels The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz, were international best-sellers. His novel American Tabloid was Time magazine's Best Book (fiction) of 1995; his memoir, My Dark Places, was a Time Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book for 1996. He lives in Kansas City.
Series
Lloyd Hopkins
1. Blood On the Moon (1984)
2. Because the Night (1984)
3. Suicide Hill (1986)
L.A. Noir: The Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy (omnibus) (1997)
1. Blood On the Moon (1984)
2. Because the Night (1984)
3. Suicide Hill (1986)
L.A. Noir: The Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy (omnibus) (1997)
L.A. Quartet
1. The Black Dahlia (1987)
2. The Big Nowhere (1988)
3. L.A. Confidential (1990)
4. White Jazz (1992)
The Dudley Smith Trio (omnibus) (1999)
1. The Black Dahlia (1987)
2. The Big Nowhere (1988)
3. L.A. Confidential (1990)
4. White Jazz (1992)
The Dudley Smith Trio (omnibus) (1999)
Novels
Collections
Dick Contino's Blues: And Other Stories (1982)
Hollywood Nocturnes (1994)
Crime Wave: Reportage and Fiction from the Underside of L.A. (1999)
Destination: Morgue (2003)
Hollywood Nocturnes (1994)
Crime Wave: Reportage and Fiction from the Underside of L.A. (1999)
Destination: Morgue (2003)
Anthologies edited
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 (2002) (with Otto Penzler)
The Best American Mystery Stories 3 (2004) (with Otto Penzler)
The Best American Crime Writing 2005 (2005) (with Otto Penzler)
The Best American Mystery Stories 3 (2004) (with Otto Penzler)
The Best American Crime Writing 2005 (2005) (with Otto Penzler)
Non fiction series
Non fiction
Awards
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James Ellroy recommends
 Muscle For The Wing (1988) (Rene Shade, book 2) Daniel Woodrell "Daniel Woodrell is stone brilliant ... a bayou Dutch Leonard steeped in rich Louisiana language." |  Telling Lies (1992) (Maggie MacGowen, book 1) Wendy Hornsby "Deft and moving... Telling Lies is sad, funny, genuinely big-hearted, and rendered with righteous snap." |  Box Nine (1992) Jack O'Connell "Hyper-real noir. A grotesque romance about genocide, language, bibliomania, doubt, obsession, worms, epidermis and sanctuary!" |
 Dead Folks' Blues (1993) (Harry James Denton, book 1) Steven Womack "A deft, atmosphere-rich novel - smart, funny, and filled with a sense of wry heartbreak. Steven Womack's Nashville stands out - it is a beautifully drawn backdrop." |  The River Sorrow (1994) Craig Holden "Brilliant... this is a book that oozes power." |  Dog Eat Dog (1995) Edward Bunker "Edward Bunker is a true original of American letters. His ...books are criminal classics: novels about criminals, written by an ex-criminal, from the unregenerately criminal viewpoint." |
 Iguana Love (1999) Vicki Hendricks "... you wind up baying at the moon like a Florida coon dog." |  Heartbreaker (1999) Robert Ferrigno "Dark... hilarious... with a wild sense of place." |  Plainclothes Naked (2001) Jerry Stahl "Jerry Stahl is the American hipster bard." |
 Book Deal (2002) (John Deal, book 8) Les Standiford "...kingpin of the South Florida crime novel." |  Bangkok 8 (2002) (Sonchai Jitpleecheep, book 1) John Burdett "Read this book, savor the language - it's the last and the most compelling word in thrillers." |  Sleep Toward Heaven (2003) Amanda Eyre Ward "Women's death row as you have never seen it; hauntingly rich, wise and sharply etched. In prison parlace: a bonaroo first novel!" |
 Dirty Sally (2004) (Dan Reles, book 1) Michael Simon "Tough, dark and gritty." |  Nightscape (2004) David Morrell "Grabs you by the short hairs of your soul and your brain and does not let go." |  The Killings of Stanley Ketchel (2005) James Carlos Blake "The Killings of Stanley Ketchel is a stunner. This is brilliant iconography, righteous Americans, and brutally powerful prose." |
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