Elmore Leonard
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Elmore Leonard was in fifth grade in Detroit when a serialization of All Quiet on the Western Front in a local newspaper inspired him to begin writing.
He wrote a play based on the story, though his writing career wouldn't take off for many more years yet.
In 1943, Leonard joined the Navy Seabees in the South Pacific and served with them for three years. He returned to the Detroit area (where he still lives) to attend school and began writing again. His first short story was published while he was working for an advertising agency. It-and the several stories that were to follow-were all Westerns. In 1953, he published his first novel. In a ten-year period, Leonard wrote 30 short stories, five novels, and secured two movie contracts.
As Westerns began to lose popularity, Leonard turned to industrial and non-fiction writing. He then began writing crime novels, a career choice that would launch him into the bestseller lists for decades to come. He was eventually named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers Association and earned numerous other awards.
Leonard's work has also been made into such popular movies as Get Shorty and Out of Sight.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Bounty Hunters |
LaBrava |
The Law at Randado |
Glitz |
Escape from the Five Shadows |
Bandits |
Last Stand at Saber River |
Touch |
Hombre |
Freaky Deaky |
The Big Bounce |
Killshot |
The Moonshine War |
Get Shorty |
Valdez is Coming |
Maximum Bob |
Forty Lashes Less One |
Rum Punch |
Mr. Majestyk |
Pronto |
Fifty-Two Pickup |
Riding the Rap |
Swag |
Out of Sight |
Unknown Man |
Cuba Libre |
The Hunted |
The Tonto Woman |
The Switch |
Be Cool |
Gunsights |
Pagan Babies |
City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit |
Tishomingo Blues |
Gold Coast |
When The Women Come Out To Dance |
Split Images |
Mr. Paradise |
Cat Chaser |
A Coyote’s in the House |
Stick |
The Hot Kid |
