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Elmore Leonard

(1925 - )
(Father of Peter Leonard)

About Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard has written more than three dozen books including Cuba Libre, Rum Punch, and Get Shorty, and numerous screenplays. He has an unparalleled reputation among lovers of mayhem, suspense, and just plain wonderful writing. A Grand Master Award winner of the Mystery Writers of America, he has been likened to everyone from Balzac to Dostoevsky to Dickens to Dashiell Hammett -- but he is, in fact, entirely and entertainingly sui generis.

He lives in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

10 Rules of Writing

Series

Jack Ryan
The Big Bounce (1969)
Swag (1976)
Unknown Man No. 89 (1977)

Chili Palmer
Get Shorty (1990)
Be Cool (1999)

Raylan Givens
Pronto (1993)
Riding the Rap (1995)

Carl Webster
The Hot Kid (2005)
Up in Honey's Room (2007)
Comfort To The Enemy (2009)

Novels

The Bounty Hunters (1953)
The Law At Randado (1954)
Escape from Five Shadows (1956)
Last Stand At Saber River (1959)
Hombre (1961)
Valdez Is Coming (1969)
The Moonshine War (1969)
Forty Lashes Less One (1972)
Fifty-Two Pickup (1974)
Mr. Majestyk (1974)
Three-Ten to Yuma (1975)
The Hunted (1977)
The Switch (1978)
Gold Coast (1979)
Gun Sights (1979)
City Primeval (1980)
Split Images (1981)
Cat Chaser (1982)
La Brava (1983)
Stick (1983)
Glitz (1985)
Bandits (1986)
Touch (1987)
Freaky Deaky (1988)
Killshot (1989)
Maximum Bob (1991)
Rum Punch (1992)
Out of Sight (1996)
Naked Came the Manatee (1996) (with Brian Antoni, Dave Barry, Edna Buchanan, Tananarive Due, James W Hall, Vicki Hendricks, Carl Hiaasen, Paul Levine, Evelyn W Mayerson and Edna Standiford)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Cuba Libre (1998)
Pagan Babies (2000)
Tishomingo Blues (2002)
A Coyote's in the House (2004)
Mr. Paradise (2004)
Road Dogs (2009)

Omnibus

Double Dutch Treat (1985)

Collections

Dutch Treat (1985)
The Tonto Woman: And Other Western Stories (1998)
When the Women Come Out to Dance: And Other Stories (2002)
The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard (2004)
Blood Money and Other Stories (2006)
Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories (2006)
Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories (2006)
The Complete Western Stories (2007)
Trail of the Apache and Other Stories (2007)

Non fiction

Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing (2007)
10 Rules of Writing (2010)

Awards

Edgar Awards Best Novel winner (1984) : La Brava

Links to other websites

elmoreleonard.com

Elmore Leonard recommends

High Priest of California (1953) Charles Willeford "I'm proud to say I knew the man who wrote this book. Willeford writes with quiet authority, has the ability to make his situations, scenes, dialogue, sound absolutely real."	The Black Mass of Brother Springer (1958) Charles Willeford "No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford."	The High Rocks (1979) (Page Murdock) Loren D Estleman "I smelled the horses in Loren Estleman's westerns - they're that realistic and alive."
Tapping the Source (1984) Kem Nunn "[A writer] who is one of a rare breed, who isn't afraid to plot and tell a story."	Bloody Season (1987) Loren D Estleman "Estleman's account of events following the O.K. Corral gunfight is the best one I've ever read, by far."	The Devil Thumbs a Ride: And Other Unforgettable Movies (1988) Barry Gifford "Gifford knows his noir. The essays are better than some of the films he writes about."
Soul/Mate (1989) Rosamond Smith "A hair-raiser."	Brules (1992) Harry Combs "Vivid, panoramic, authentic, Harry Combs has done a superb job of capturing the sights, the sounds, the smells, the feel of the american west."	The Shark Infested Custard (1993) Charles Willeford "No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford."
Bait (1994) Kenneth Abel "A gripper all the way."	City of Widows (1994) (Page Murdock) Loren D Estleman "I was going to see how CITY OF WIDOES opens and read 55 pages. IT'S A HONEY."	Jump (1995) Mike Lupica "A fast ride uptown full of authentic sounds, great sports-guy dialogue, and a plot that does flips."
Marker (1997) Lowell Cauffiel "Cauffiel knows how to make it sound real."	The Agent (1999) George V Higgins "Higgins is my favorite....No, he doesn't learn from me, I learn from him."	Big Trouble (1999) Dave Barry "The funniest book I've read in fifty years."
Sweet Dream Baby (2002) Sterling Watson "I can't remember a book that sneaked up and grabbed me the way Sweet Dream Baby did. It's a real shocker by a very good writer."	Scavenger Hunt (2003) (Jimmy Gage, book 2) Robert Ferrigno "An awesomely good writer."	Handsome Harry: Or the Gangster's True Confessions (2004) James Carlos Blake "Blake brings 1930s bank robbers and their molls to life. I especially like his easy style."
Dirty South (2004) (Nick Travers Mystery) Ace Atkins "Ace Atkins is an ace of a writer."	Walking Money (2004) (Bill Tasker, book 1) James O Born "Jim Born is the real thing."	Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You (2004) Laurie Lynn Drummond "Astonishing."
Bad Traffic (2008) (Inspector Jian, book 1) Simon Lewis "Following Chinese points of view in a thriller set in the UK is inspired writing. Bad Traffic is a honey: suspense that never loses its grip."	The Reserve (2008) Russell Banks "If you've never read Russell Banks it's time you acquired the habit."	The Leisure Seeker (2009) Michael Zadoorian "Come to the end and you'll say 'Oh my God'."

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