Elmore Leonard

...in disguise, surrounded by enemies: all you need is a femme fatale and a botched robbery, and you have the makings of a great Elmore Leonard novel. The question for Jets fans is, has the team improved to the point where today's game will be...

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...all those glorious screwball comedies. Combine that with an almost obsessive appreciation for tough-guy dialogue as written by Elmore Leonard and Joe R. Lansdale, and you pretty much have my style. I think my stutter has absolutely had a...

In this article: Skulduggery Pleasant, Steven Spielberg, E mail, HarperCollins, Derek Landy, Abarat, His Girl Friday, and Joe R. Lansdale

...Police's elite murder investigation team, "Squad Seven," which drew the interest of Leonard as he was working on his book "City Primeval." "Elmore Leonard rode with my dad for a while, and his characters in the book are detectives from...

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...prove. And it's not for a lack of gripping exchanges; Roth still writes pages of two-hander dialogue as compelling in its own way as Elmore Leonard's. It's because, unlike Roth's best, The Humbling never gets below the surface. Roth is as...

In this article: Philip Roth, Falstaff, Everyman, and Portnoy's Complaint

...torture memos for President George W. Bush. The settlement counts The Joy Luck Club author Amy Tan and noir crime novelist Elmore Leonard among its supporters. The deal has many other supporters as well, from disability rights groups to...

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...article in full you must be registered with the site. THIS novel starts with a trip to prison. Why not? No self-respecting Elmore Leonard character avoids the occasional legal infraction, and this new book resurrects a few repeat...

In this article: Dog, Out of Sight, and California

...the only city with more novelists than Boston was Miami. I mean, that bitch is covered. You've got Hiaasen and Edna Buchanan and Elmore Leonard when he feels like popping in. Jim Hall, Les Standiford, both teachers of mine, Vicki Hendricks...

In this article: Boston, Florida International University, John Dufresne, Carl Hiaasen, FIU, Miami, Florida, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, and Edna Buchanan

...to the world, got to get online! Take a spin, now you're in with the techno-set! You're goin' surfin' on the internet! Elmore Leonard once said that a writer only gets ten exclamation points to use in his life, so he'd better use them...

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Novelist Elmore Leonard To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From PEN USA Many of Elmore Leonard's books have been made into films (AP) (AP) Novelist Elmore Leonard will receive PEN USA's lifetime achievement award at a December...

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By Gregg Kilday LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Author Elmore Leonard will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from Pen USA at the 19th annual Literary Awards Festival to be held December 2 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Other award...

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