Elmore John Leonard (born October 11, 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a popular American novelist.

Leonard got his first breaks in the fiction market during the 1950s regularly publishing pulp western novels. He has since forayed into mystery, crime, and more topical genres, as well as screenwriting. He has been commended by critics for his gritty realism and strong dialogue. His writing style , which takes liberties with proper grammar in exchange for flow, is also unique.

A number of his novels have been adapted as films, perhaps most notably Get Shorty in 1995 and Rum Punch as the 1997 film Jackie Brown.

Most of his novels are set in Metro Detroit.

Novels

• The Bounty Hunters (1953)
• The Law at Randado (1954)
• Escape from Five Shadows (1956)
• Last Stand at Saber River (1959)
• Hombre (1961) (also 1967 film)
• The Big Bounce (1969) (also 1969 film and 2004 film)
• The Moonshine War (1969) (also 1970 film)
• Valdez is Coming (1970) (also 1971 film)
• Forty Lashes Less One (1972)
• Mr. Majestyk (1974)
• Fifty-Two Pickup (1974) (also 1986 film)
• Swag (1976)
• Unknown man No. 89 (1977)
• The Hunted (1977)
• The Switch (1978)
• Gunsights (1979)
• City Primeval (1980)
• Gold Coast (1980)
• Split Images (1981) (also 1992 film)
• Cat Chaser (1982) (also 1989 film)
• Stick (1983) (also 1985 film)
• LaBrava (1983)
• Glitz (1985)
• Bandits (1987)
• Touch (1987) (also 1997 film)
• Freaky Deaky (1988)
• Killshot (1989)
• Get Shorty (1990) (also 1995 film)
• Maximum Bob (1991) (also 1998 TV series)
• Rum Punch (1992) (also 1997 film Jackie Brown)
• Pronto (1993)
• Riding the Rap (1995)
• Out of Sight (1996) (also 1998 film)
• Cuba Libre (1998)
• Be Cool (1999) (also 2005 film)
• Tonto Woman (1998)
• Pagan Babies (2000)
• Fire in the Hole (2001)
• Tishomingo Blues (2002)
• A Coyote's in the House (2003)
• Mr. Paradise (2004)

External links

• Elmore Leonard Homepage