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Elmore Leonard (1925–2013)

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Elmore John Leonard, Jr. 10/11/25 -- 8/20/13 Elmore John Leonard, Jr., popularly known as mystery and western writer Elmore Leonard, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 11, 1925. He served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1943 to 1946. He received a Ph.D. in English from the visa mer University of Detroit in 1950. After graduating, he wrote short stories and western novels as well as advertising and education film scripts. In 1967, he began to write full-time and received several awards including the 1977 Western Writers of America award and the 1984 Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award. His other works include Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Hombre, Mr. Majestyk, 3:10 to Yuma, and Rum Punch. Many of his works were adapted into movies. Library of America recently announced plans to publish the first of a three-volume collection of his books beginning in the Fall of 2014. Leonard died on August 20, 2013 from complications of a stroke he had earlier. He was 87 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Elmore Leonard

Härsket guld (1990) 2,352 exemplar
Rum Punch (1992) 1,515 exemplar
Out of Sight (1996) 1,490 exemplar
Be Cool (1999) 1,396 exemplar
Tishomingo Blues (2002) 1,388 exemplar
Nådaskott (1989) — Författare — 1,214 exemplar
Maximum Bob (1991) 1,166 exemplar
Pronto (1993) 1,156 exemplar
Cuba Libre (1998) 1,040 exemplar
Freaky deaky : [thriller] (1988) 1,037 exemplar
Riding the Rap (1995) 1,020 exemplar
The Hot Kid (2005) 996 exemplar
Glitz (1985) 971 exemplar
Pagan Babies (2000) 962 exemplar
Mr. Paradise (2002) 952 exemplar
Banditer (1987) 901 exemplar
Raylan (2012) 886 exemplar
When the Women Come Out to Dance: Stories (2003) — Författare — 791 exemplar
LaBrava : [thriller] (1984) 774 exemplar
Road Dogs (2009) 727 exemplar
Stick (1983) 678 exemplar
Naked Came the Manatee (1997) — Bidragsgivare — 672 exemplar
Up in Honey's Room: A Novel (2007) 662 exemplar
52 Pick-Up (1974) 646 exemplar
Djibouti (2010) 640 exemplar
Touch (1987) 593 exemplar
Stålar : thriller (1976) 574 exemplar
Cat Chaser (1982) 508 exemplar
Unknown Man #89 (1977) 500 exemplar
The Switch (1978) 483 exemplar
The Big Bounce (1969) 464 exemplar
Hombre (1961) 462 exemplar
Split Images (1981) 440 exemplar
Valdez kommer! (1970) 405 exemplar
Mr. Majestyk (1974) 387 exemplar
Gold Coast (1980) 366 exemplar
The Hunted (1977) 343 exemplar
The Moonshine War (1969) 264 exemplar
The Bounty Hunters (1953) 244 exemplar
A Coyote's in the House (2004) 202 exemplar
Forty Lashes Less One (1981) 186 exemplar
Gunsights (1979) 172 exemplar
Escape from Five Shadows (1956) 157 exemplar
Last Stand at Saber River (1980) 153 exemplar
The Law at Randado (1985) 151 exemplar
Blood Money and Other Stories (2006) 50 exemplar
Joe Kidd [1972 film] (1972) — Screenwriter — 38 exemplar
Get Shorty (Penguin Readers: Level 3 S.) (1997) — Författare — 25 exemplar
Killshot [2008 film] (2008) — Novel — 19 exemplar
Hombre ; Que viene Valdez (1961) 8 exemplar
Médecine apache (2008) 5 exemplar
Chantaje Mortal (1974) 5 exemplar
Karen Makes Out (2012) 5 exemplar
High Adventure #29 (1996) 4 exemplar
Los cazarrecompensas (2022) 3 exemplar
Casino (1986) 3 exemplar
L'Évasion de Five Shadows (2003) 2 exemplar
Inconnu 89 (2019) 2 exemplar
Spel om annans liv 2 exemplar
Hombre desconocido 89 (1977) 1 exemplar
Tómatelo con calma (2000) 1 exemplar
Jugar duro Fulgor de muerte (1987) 1 exemplar
Justica de Crocodilo (1992) 1 exemplar
Nepoznati br. 89 1 exemplar
Valdez Vem Aí (2004) 1 exemplar
שודדים 1 exemplar
Duelo Final 1 exemplar
Maximum Bob-20.00 (1900) 1 exemplar
Um Bom Argumento 1 exemplar
The Hard Way 1 exemplar
Mobsters and Gangsters (2002) 1 exemplar
Confession (2013) 1 exemplar
Notebooks 1 exemplar
Hot Shot 1 exemplar
Leonard Elmore 1 exemplar
Maximum Leonard (1993) 1 exemplar
The Kid 1 exemplar
Line of Sight 1 exemplar
Glanc (2008) 1 exemplar
Ingen titel 1 exemplar
Le storie di Carl Webster (2015) 1 exemplar
סחיטה 1 exemplar
Le Don Quichotte du Sinaï (2005) 1 exemplar
D'UN COUP, D'UN SEUL (1990) 1 exemplar
Retour à Saber river (2005) 1 exemplar
Rukojmí (1994) 1 exemplar
La loi de la cite (1986) 1 exemplar
El Juez (Spanish Edition) (1993) 1 exemplar

Associerade verk

McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales (2002) — Bidragsgivare — 1,470 exemplar
The Best American Noir of the Century (2010) — Bidragsgivare — 357 exemplar
The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 204 exemplar
Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (1995) — Bidragsgivare — 183 exemplar
The Best American Mystery Stories 2006 (2006) — Bidragsgivare — 152 exemplar
Dangerous Women (1998) — Bidragsgivare — 132 exemplar
The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997) — Bidragsgivare — 117 exemplar
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories (1982) — Bidragsgivare — 101 exemplar
A New Omnibus of Crime (1771) — Bidragsgivare — 97 exemplar
Murder for Love (1996) — Bidragsgivare — 91 exemplar
McSweeney's Issue 39 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2011) — Bidragsgivare — 86 exemplar
The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 (2016) — Bidragsgivare — 80 exemplar
20 Stories Pulp Fictions (1996) — Bidragsgivare — 69 exemplar
Hombre [1967 film] (1967) — Original Story — 47 exemplar
Murderers' Row (2001) — Bidragsgivare — 37 exemplar
The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (1993) — Bidragsgivare — 33 exemplar
Great Tales of the West (1982) — Bidragsgivare — 30 exemplar
Last Stand at Saber River [1997 TV Movie] (1997) — Original book — 28 exemplar
Miami Noir: The Classics (2020) — Bidragsgivare — 24 exemplar
The New Great American Writers' Cookbook (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 21 exemplar
New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories (1994) — Bidragsgivare — 17 exemplar
Mr. Majestyk [1974 film] (1974) — Screenplay — 12 exemplar
Best of the West: Stories That Inspired Classic Western Films (1988) — Bidragsgivare — 11 exemplar
The Western Hall of Fame Anthology (1997) — Bidragsgivare — 10 exemplar
Unbridled Spirits: Short Fiction about Women in the Old West (1994) — Bidragsgivare — 10 exemplar
The Tall T [1957 film] (1957) — Original story — 10 exemplar
Mysterious Writers: The Many Facets of Mystery Writing (2010) — Bidragsgivare — 9 exemplar

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Vedertaget namn
Leonard, Elmore
Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Leonard Jr., Elmore John
Andra namn
Leonard, Elmore John, Jr. (birth name)
Födelsedag
1925-10-11
Avled
2013-08-20
Kön
male
Nationalitet
VS
Födelseort
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Dödsort
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
Dödsorsak
stroke complications
Bostadsorter
Birmingham, Michigan, USA
Bloomfield Village, Michigan, USA
Utbildning
University of Detroit (BA|1950)
Yrken
copywriter
short-story writer
novelist
screenwriter
Relationer
Leonard, Peter (zoon)
Organisationer
Chevrolet
Campbell-Ewald Advertising Agency
United States Navy (WWII)
Priser och utmärkelser
Cartier Diamond Dagger 2006
Agent
Andrew Wylie (The Wylie Agency)
Kort biografi
Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Leonard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana; the family moved frequently for several years. In 1934, the family settled in Detroit.

He graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1943 and joined the Navy. He graduated from the University of Detroit in 1950 with a bachelor's degree in English and philosophy. A year before he graduated, he got a job as a copy writer with Campbell-Ewald Advertising Agency, a position he kept for several years, writing on the side.

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Carl Webster, the gunslinging U.S. Marshal from "The Hot Kid" and "Up in Honey's Room," serves as the centerpiece of two stories and one novella, in this never-before-published-in-the-U.S. collection from the inimitable Elmore Leonard.
 
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CalleFriden | 15 andra recensioner | Mar 15, 2023 |
'The night Vincent was shot he saw it coming...'After being shot by a mugger, Lt. Vincent Mora is convalescing in Puerto Rico. There he meets Iris, a beautiful young woman who is bored and frustrated, looking for excitement and a new life. Then she is offered a job as a 'hostess' at a casino in Atlantic city by Tommy Donovan. But Vincent figures out there is more to this job than Iris realises and he decides to pay Donovan a visit. To complicate matters, Iris isn't the only one interested in Vincent - he is being stalked by a man he sent down seven and a half years before, a man out to get his revenge.… (mer)
 
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CalleFriden | 17 andra recensioner | Mar 3, 2023 |
Like Pronto, Riding the Rap centers around Harry Arno, World War II veteran and bookie, now 67 years old. The book also features a reappearance of Joyce Patton, Harry's ex-girlfriend and a former stripper, and her new boyfriend Raylan Givens, an always-gets-his-man old western type law enforcer. Givens later comes to Harry's aid when he discovers the plot set up by Chip Ganz, Bobby Deo and Louis Lewis. Ganz, who is $16,500 in debt, hatches a plan to steal the millions that Harry has skimmed from the mafia over the years from a Swiss bank account by taking him hostage and forcing the money out of him. It's up to Raylan Givens to find Harry Arno before it's too late.… (mer)
 
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CalleFriden | 14 andra recensioner | Mar 3, 2023 |
A quiet haunted man, Paul Cable walked away from a lost cause hoping to pick up where he left off. But things have changed in Arizona since he first rode out to go fight for the Confederacy. Two brothers—Union men—have claimed his spread and they're not about to give it back, leaving Cable and his family no place to settle in peace. It seems this war is not yet over for Paul Cable. But no one's going to take away his land and his future—not with their laws, their lies, or their guns.
 
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Verk
155
Även av
34
Medlemmar
36,381
Popularitet
#507
Betyg
½ 3.6
Recensioner
850
ISBN
1,591
Språk
25
Favoritmärkt
121

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