Elmore Leonard
American novelist and screenwriter (1925-2013) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 87
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".
Elmore Leonard is read about 651 times a day, in 43 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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Danny DeVito Produced Get Shorty and Out of Sight
Stacey Sher Produced Get Shorty and Out of Sight
Michael Shamberg Produced Get Shorty and Out of Sight
Ernest Hemingway Influenced Elmore
Bridget Fonda Elmore produced Jackie Brown and Touch
Barry Sonnenfeld Directed Get Shorty (1995)
Alex McArthur Also in Desperado (1987)
Charles Sellier Produced Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988)
E.W. Swackhamer Directed The Return of Desperado (1988)- Jennings Lang Produced Joe Kidd and Stick
Charles Durning Elmore wrote Cat Chaser and Stick
Michael Keaton Elmore produced Jackie Brown (1998)
Robert De Niro Elmore produced Jackie Brown (1998)
Quentin Tarantino Elmore produced Jackie Brown (1998)
Samuel L. Jackson Elmore produced Jackie Brown (1997)
Steven Soderbergh Directed Out of Sight (1998)
Christopher Walken Elmore produced Touch (1997)
Tom Selleck Produced Last Stand at Saber River (1997)
Glenn Ford Elmore wrote 3:10 to Yuma and Law at Randado
Robert Forster Elmore produced Jackie Brown (1997)
Dennis Farina Also in Get Shorty and Out of Sight
Paul Schrader Directed Touch (1997)
Tom Arnold Elmore produced Touch (1997)
Dick Lowry Directed Last Stand at Saber River (1997)
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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.
