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James Ellroy

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist (born 1948)

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  • Momentum1.6
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    37 languages
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  • Age
    78
    Born 1948
  • Known for
    L.A. Confidential
    1997
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Updated 2026-06-20

Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987) and L.A. Confidential (1990).

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58.0
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Momentum1.6
Historical24.7
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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