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PEN Center USA awards fete Elmore Leonard

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:05:43 GMT

The PEN Center USA literary awards, held Wednesday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel, made for an odd intersection of worlds.
Source: Los Angeles Times

Unpublished Vonnegut stories released

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:44:56 GMT

When a renowned author dies, two critical processes begin: first, placing the writer in the pantheon; and second, digging out every jot, every piece of juvenilia, every previously unseen word the deceased wrote. hack, but he needed to make a living,...
Source: Monterey County Herald

YEAR OF THE "DOG"

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:44:22 GMT

The prolific Elmore Leonard (more than 40 novels and short-story collections) has come up with a new fast-paced thriller that begins with the two chief protagonists in prison and ends with one of them laid out at a funeral parlor.
Source: Asbury Park Press

The conversation: James Ellroy

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:08:07 GMT

Some illuminating pre-interview James Ellroy research shows: “America’s greatest living crime writer” (some would root for Elmore Leonard) feigning masturbation for the benefit of the Playboy Channel outside the house where a girl he used to spy on...
Source: Times Online

Book review: Road Dogs

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:54:09 GMT

THIS novel starts with a trip to prison. Why not? No self-respecting Elmore Leonard character avoids the occasional legal infraction, and this new book resurrects a few repeat offenders.
Source: The Scotsman

Reel good

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:00:06 GMT

JACKIE BROWN (1997) Sunday, 10 a.m. , TNT Quentin Tarantino revived 1970’s blaxploitation sexpot, Pam Grier’s acting career — not to mention her profile — with this wacky spoof from an Elmore Leonard novel.
Source: New York Post

WITH VIDEO: Exploring Avedon's impact on fashion photography

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:04:00 GMT

An exuberant snap and visceral pop pulsate through much of the best American vernacular art. Louis Armstrong's "Stardust." Fred Astaire's "Top Hat." Frank Sinatra's "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!" Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather."
Source: Detroit Free Press

Quoted in 'Sarasota mystery novelist and screenwriter Stuart Kaminsky, 1934-2009'

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:37:19 GMT

said in Orlando Sentinel:

Although he hasn't enjoyed nearly the acclaim of, say, Elmore Leonard or Robert B. Parker or Sara Paretsky, he's probably been more consistently entertaining than any of those other authors

The best 60 books of the past 60 years

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:16:04 GMT

John Sutherland on the winner - To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee How many British admirers of Harper Lee’s novel have seen a mockingbird? Scarcely more, I suspect, than have seen a dodo.
Source: Times Online

Photo from AP Photo

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:25:09 GMT

In this undated image released by HarperCollins, writer Elmore Leonard, right, and his novelist son, Peter Leonard are shown.

Photo from AP Photo

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:25:09 GMT

In this undated image released by HarperCollins, writer Elmore Leonard, right, and his novelist son, Peter Leonard are shown.

Elmore Leonard At the Movies Compilation

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:49:42 GMT