# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elmore-leonard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:33:17.096Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/elmore-leonard"
name: "Elmore Leonard"
slug: "elmore-leonard"
description: "Elmore John Leonard Jr. was an American novelist, short story author and screenwriter. He was, according to British journalist Anthony Lane, \"hailed as one of the best crime writers in the land\". 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. Among his best-known works are Hombre, Swag, City Primeval, LaBrava, Glitz, Freaky Deaky, Get Shorty, Rum Punch, Out of Sight and Tishomingo Blues."
tagline: "American novelist and screenwriter (1925–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elmore_Leonard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1925-10-11"
deathDate: "2013-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump