Elmore Leonard

Biography

Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.

Known For

Self (archive footage)

Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write"

Self (archive footage)

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Self

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

Himself

Inside 'Out of Sight'