Elmore Leonard
Elmore John Leonard Jr. (born October 11, 1925), better known as Elmore Leonard, is an American novelist and screenwriter. His earliest published ... More »
Grit on wry: A dinner with Elmore and Peter Leonard
) Since his third marriage ended, Elmore Leonard is a regular dinner guest at Peter's. On this night, Elmore sat back, sipping wine and listening to the way his visitor talked. Once in a while, he'd let out a chuckle, repeat a word that appealed to him, or interject a clever one ... Read more »
Graham Yost Answers Your Questions About 'Justified'
“ Justified ,” the backwoods crime drama based on stories by Elmore Leonard, returns for its fourth season on FX on Tuesday night. Graham Yost, the creator of the series, agreed to answer questions from Times readers about the show. (Previously, Steve Levitan and Christopher Lloyd ... Read more »
Elmore Leonard to Be Honored by National Book Foundation
The medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters will be presented to the novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard for his work in fiction. “For over five decades, Leonard’s westerns, crime novels, serialized novels and stories have enthralled generations of readers,” ... Read more »
Peter Leonard: 'Hard time makes the boy the man'
His father, crime writer Elmore Leonard, sums up Peter's experience with characteristic wit. (CNN) -- I was in a year-abroad program in 1973, one of 240 American students attending Loyola University Rome Center. The school year was winding down. I went out to dinner with a group of ... Read more »
Nick Searcy brings authenticity to his characters
When he first read a script of "Justified," based on the Elmore Leonard novella "Fire in the Hole," Searcy knew Mullen would be a perfect fit. "He has the same kind of country sense of humor, a certain sarcasm," explained Searcy, who hails from Cullowhee, N.C. Like many top character ... Read more »
Elmore Leonard rips off “Justified”!
Both the character of Raylan and the world of Harlan come from the pages of master crime-writer Elmore Leonard, who created Givens as a secondary character in two novels about Miami from the mid-’90s, “Pronto” and “Riding the Rap.” It wasn’t until 2001 that Leonard wrote the story ... Read more »
Award buoys U.S. novelist Elmore Leonard to write again
DETROIT - As he struggled writing his forthcoming book, "Blue Dreams," best-selling American author Elmore Leonard thought his 47th novel would probably be his last. Then, inspiration came in the form of a medallion. Leonard won the National Book Foundation's Medal for ... Read more »
Writing honors grow for Elmore Leonard
Author will receive National Book Foundation's lifetime acheivement award on Nov. 14 Elmore Leonard: Ive always felt I was good, even when I wasnt. (Ricardo Thomas / The Detroit News) At home in Bloomfield Hills on his 87th birthday, Elmore Leonard has noticed a sign of aging ... Read more »
Author Elmore Leonard wins prestigious book award :: WRAL.com
Still, Elmore Leonard says he's thrilled to receive one of the literary world's highest honors. The 86-year-old crime novelist will be presented with the medal in New York on Nov. 14, the same evening this year's National Book Awards are announced. "I was very surprised. I didn't ever ... Read more »
Jocelyn Kelley: Father/Child Writing Duos
"15 yeas ago I wrote a movie script," explained Peter Leonard author of six novels and the son of Elmore Leonard. "I told my father and he said, 'Being a screenwriter is like wanting to be a co-pilot. If you want to write, write fiction. ' Years later I wrote Quiver, my first novel, and ... Read more »
Walter Matthau’s son Charles Matthau directs Elmore Leonard’s “Freaky Deaky”
Charles Matthau — son of late acting legend Walter, and the writer/director of new Elmore Leonard adaptation “Freaky Deaky,” which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday — says growing up in Paul Newman’s house had its drawbacks. Matthau told us at the Vanity Fair/ Tribeca ... Read more »
'Justified' recap: a sex party with no sex is straight out of Elmore Leonard
If you said “go to a sex party on the rich side of town,” then you’ve got the kind of nasty sense of humor that Elmore Leonard readers and “Justified” watchers appreciate. Leonard’s influence is all over “Money Trap,” this week’s episode of “Justified,” and not just there’s a ... Read more »
Transcending Tribeca: Charlie Matthau of Freaky Deaky
Charlie Matthau’s Elmore Leonard -adapting crime caper Freaky Deaky had its world première on Sunday, April 22, with just one scheduled public screening at the festival. For more information and to follow where the film screens next, visit Twitter and Facebook. Tribeca’s post-screening ... Read more »
Graham Yost walks us through Justified’s third season (Part 1 of 4)
Built around the Elmore Leonard character of Raylan Givens—seen in Leonard’s short story “Fire In The Hole,” and bits of the novels Pronto and Riding The Rap—the FX crime show Justified has been such a success that Leonard wrote a novel about Givens (titled simply Raylan ) ... Read more »
Producers On Jennifer Aniston's Movie Set Are Paying Locals $300 To Stay Away
Residents of Greenwich, Conn. shouldn't plan on cozying up to Jennifer Aniston despite her latest movie "Untitled Elmore Leonard Project" filming in the town. “The production company has been paying all the neighbors $300, I guess as an inconvenience fee,” to stay away from set, local ... Read more »
Jennifer Aniston goes super-blond on the set of her latest film
Aniston’s new ‘do is thanks to role in upcoming Elmore Leonard project. Jennifer Aniston rocks blond hair on set in Connecticut this afternoon. The A-list actress is working on her latest movie, known only as the "Untitled Elmore Leonard Project" at this stage. The film also stars ... Read more »
Book Review: 'The Rage' By Gene Kerrigan A Mystery That Explores 'The Rage' Of New Ireland : NPR
As the story bounces among them, I was reminded of novelists like Elmore Leonard and Charles Willeford. It's not that Kerrigan writes like them exactly — he doesn't emulate Leonard's gold-plated dialogue — but his work has a similar verbal energy. It whooshes you along. His prose ... Read more »
A Movie Becomes Chickahominy [VIDEO]
The quartet will be filming scenes movie set in the 1970s Detroit, based on the Elmore Leonard novel 'The Switch,' according to Michael Hartel, location manager. Specifically, a bar fight that spills out of the Two Door, onto Hamilton Avenue where a character will be hit by a 1970s era ... Read more »
'Justified' sticks with current lineup of foes for star Timothy Olyphant in new season
The show’s plot lines mostly keep coming from the Elmore Leonard novels on which the series is based, and Olyphant says that will continue. “We steal from Leonard,” he said, “every chance we get.” ... Read more »
Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong addresses San Diego romance writers
Armstrong’s talk was about pacing in a novel and she began with a quote from Elmore Leonard, who was once asked how he wrote novels that are considered page turners. Leonard replied, “I try to leave out the parts that people skip.” Armstrong also said that the ultimate compliment ... Read more »
