Elmore Leonard (1925–2013)
Author of Get Shorty
About the Author
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 show more 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) show less
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Series
Works by Elmore Leonard
Four Novels of the 1970s: Fifty-Two Pickup / Swag / Unknown Man No. 89 / The Switch (2014) 146 copies, 2 reviews
Elmore Leonard: Four Novels of the 1980s: City Primeval / LaBrava / Glitz / Freaky Deaky (Library of America) (2015) 102 copies, 1 review
Elmore Leonard: Four Later Novels: Get Shorty / Rum Punch / Out of Sight / Tishomingo Blues (The Library of America) (2016) 101 copies, 1 review
Elmore Leonard: Westerns: Last Stand at Saber River / Hombre / Valdez is Coming / Forty Lashes Less One / Stories (The… (2018) 93 copies, 3 reviews
Elmore Leonard's Double Dutch Treat: Three Novels: The Moonshine War, Gold Coast, City Primevil (1986) 49 copies, 1 review
Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #1: Bounty Hunters; Forty Lashes Less One; Gunsights (1998) 40 copies
Elmore Leonard Raylan Givens 3-Book Collection: Pronto, Riding the Rap, Fire in the Hole (2012) 38 copies
Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #2: Escape from Five Shadows; Last Stand at Saber River; The Law at Randado (1998) 37 copies
Elmore Leonard Classic 3-Book Collection: Get Shorty, Tishomingo Blues, Killshot (2012) 17 copies, 2 reviews
Spel om annans liv 2 copies
Get Shorty: Season 1 2 copies
Louly and Pretty Boy 2 copies
Brillo 1 copy
Nepoznati br. 89 1 copy
שודדים 1 copy
צייד החתולים 1 copy
The Hard Way 1 copy
Duelo Final 1 copy
Fuga de Cinco Sombras 1 copy
D'un coup, d'un seul : roman 1 copy
Último Posto no Rio Sabre 1 copy
Os Caçadores de Recompensas 1 copy
Um Bom Argumento 1 copy
El Blues del Misisipí 1 copy
Notebooks 1 copy
Elmore Leonard, The Colonel's Lady and No Man's Gun : Unabridged Stories from The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories (1999) 1 copy
Hot Shot 1 copy
Leonard Elmore 1 copy
Thriller. Florida- Fieber / Im Schutz des hellichten Tages / Lone Star. Drei ungekürzte Romane. (1997) — Contributor — 1 copy
The Kid 1 copy
Karen Sisco (Season 1) 1 copy
Line of Sight 1 copy
No title 1 copy
For Something to Do 1 copy
סחיטה 1 copy
Crianças pagãs 1 copy
Four Novels of the 80s 1 copy
Associated Works
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contributor — 458 copies, 3 reviews
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Contributor — 188 copies, 3 reviews
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Contributor — 73 copies
Time-Life Book Digest: Get Shorty | Four Past Midnight | Wings of the Morning | The Langoliers (1992) — Contributor — 30 copies
Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction (1988) — Contributor — 30 copies, 1 review
The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years (2014) — Contributor — 29 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Leonard, Elmore
- Legal name
- Leonard Jr., Elmore John
- Other names
- Leonard, Elmore John, Jr. (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1925-10-11
- Date of death
- 2013-08-20
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Place of death
- Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
- Cause of death
- stroke complications
- Places of residence
- Birmingham, Michigan, USA
Bloomfield Village, Michigan, USA - Education
- University of Detroit (BA|1950)
- Occupations
- copywriter
short-story writer
novelist
screenwriter - Relationships
- Leonard, Peter A. (son)
- Organizations
- Chevrolet
Campbell-Ewald Advertising Agency
United States Navy (WWII) - Awards and honors
- MWA Grand Master (1992)
Cartier Diamond Dagger (2006)
Louisiana Writer Award (2006)
Owen Wister Award (2009)
Michigan Author Award (1996)
F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Fiction (2008) (show all 7)
National Book Award (2012) - Agent
- Andrew Wylie (The Wylie Agency)
- Short biography
- 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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Reviews
Mr. Majestyk by Elmore Leonard
This short book (very well done in the audiobook version) is impossible to stop once you start. You just can't wait to see how it ends. I came into this knowing that the movie version starred Charles Bronson, so it was difficult not to picture him as I listened. He's a melon farmer who despite just wanting to get his crop in, isn't quite as simple as he seems. When he crosses paths with a contract killer, a fascinating cat and mouse game begins. A simple story, told straightfowardly, just as long as it needs to be, and not a second longer. Highly highly recommended.… (more)
La primera novela de Leonard es un western en el molde clásico (También es lo normal para la época) con personajes estoicos y callados y prosa parca y directa a la narración. Una novela interesante y con la acción bien llevada. Se resiente un poco de que, para su extensión, abre demasiadas tramas simultáneas lo que hace que la resolución sea un poco brusca, pero vale la pena leerla.
Muy buena edición y traducción, como es habitual en Valdemar.
Muy buena edición y traducción, como es habitual en Valdemar.
La primera novela de Leonard es un western en el molde clásico (También es lo normal para la época) con personajes estoicos y callados y prosa parca y directa a la narración. Una novela interesante y con la acción bien llevada. Se resiente un poco de que, para su extensión, abre demasiadas tramas simultáneas lo que hace que la resolución sea un poco brusca, pero vale la pena leerla.
Muy buena edición y traducción, como es habitual en Valdemar.
Muy buena edición y traducción, como es habitual en Valdemar.
La primera novela de Leonard es un western en el molde clásico (También es lo normal para la época) con personajes estoicos y callados y prosa parca y directa a la narración. Una novela interesante y con la acción bien llevada. Se resiente un poco de que, para su extensión, abre demasiadas tramas simultáneas lo que hace que la resolución sea un poco brusca, pero vale la pena leerla.
Muy buena edición y traducción, como es habitual en Valdemar.
Muy buena edición y traducción, como es habitual en Valdemar.
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