Elmore John Leonard

Background

Leonard, Elmore John was born on October 11, 1925 in New Orleans. Son of Elmore John and Flora Amelia (Rivé) Leonard.

Education

Bachelor in English & Philosophy, University Detroit, 1950. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Florida Atlantic University, 1995.

Achievements

• Elmore John Leonard has been listed as a notable Novelist, screenwriter by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Elmore Leonard: Four Novels of the 1970s: Fifty-Two Pickup / Swag / Unknown Man/ No. 89 / The Switch: (Library of America #255)

    (The Library of America inaugurates its Elmore Leonard edi...)

  • Elmore Leonard: Four Novels of the 1980s: City Primeval / LaBrava / Glitz / Freaky Deaky (Library of America)

    (The definitive edition of America’s modern master of crim...)

  • The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard

    ( Before he brilliantly traversed the gritty landscapes o...)

  • Maximum Bob

    ( A character so outrageous he could only have come from ...)

  • Elmore Leonard's Dutch Treat: Three Novels, the Hunted, Swag, Mr. Majestyk

    (Here from Elmore "Dutch" Leonard, the bestselling author ...)

  • Hot Kid CD: Hot Kid CD (CD-Audio) - Common

    (The "New York Times" bestselling master of the crime nove...)

  • Swag: A Novel

    ( This "brilliant caper" (New York Times) from bestsellin...)

  • Maximum Bob MAXIMUM BOB BY Leonard, Elmore ( Author ) Sep-28-2010 MAXIMUM BOB MAXIMUM BOB BY LEONARD, ELMORE ( AUTHOR ) SEP-28-2010 By Leonard, Elmore ( Author )Sep-28-2010 Paperback By Leonard, Elmore ( Author ) Paperback 2010

    (Maximum Bob MAXIMUM BOB BY Leonard, Elmore ( Author ) Sep...)

  • 52 Pickup: A Novel

    ( 52 Pickup is a rip-roaring thriller from master of crim...)

  • Get Shorty GET SHORTY BY Leonard, Elmore ( Author ) Nov-29-2011 GET SHORTY GET SHORTY BY LEONARD, ELMORE ( AUTHOR ) NOV-29-2011 By Leonard, Elmore ( Author )Nov-29-2011 Paperback By Leonard, Elmore ( Author ) Paperback 2011

    (Get Shorty GET SHORTY BY Leonard, Elmore ( Author ) Nov-2...)

  • Killshot

    (Ironworker Wayne Colson and his spirited wife Carmen are ...)

  • Book Digest ("The Langoliers" from Four Past Midnight, Get Shorty, and The Wings of the Morning)

    (Time life book digest featuring 3 selections: The langoli...)

  • Killshot

    ( Ironworker Wayne Colson and his spirited wife Carmen ar...)

  • The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard CD

    ( From Elmore Leonard, the author who has influenced more...)

  • Big Bounce: A Novel

    ( “The greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever!” ...)

  • Elmore Leonard: Four Later Novels: Get Shorty / Rum Punch / Out of Sight / Tishomingo Blues (The Library of America)

    (Four hardboiled novels from America's modern master of cr...)

  • Elmore Leonard: La Brava; Cat Chaser; Split Images

    (Three Complete Novels From "the best American writer of c...)

  • The Bounty Hunters

    ( The old Apache renegade Soldado Viejo is hiding out in ...)

  • Killshot: A Novel

    ( “Leonard has written so many first-rate crime stories t...)

  • Gunsights

    ( Brendan Early and Dana Moon have tracked renegade Apach...)

  • Escape from Five Shadows

    ( No one breaks out of the brutal convict labor camp at F...)

  • 52 Pick Up

    (From the bestselling author of GET SHORTY and JACKIE BROW...)

  • Elmore Leonard Classic 3-Book Collection: Get Shorty, Tishomingo Blues, Killshot

    ( New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard has wr...)

  • Hombre: A Novel

    ( “Although known for his mysteries, Elmore Leonard has p...)

  • Elmore Leonard's Double Dutch Treat: Three Novels - Moonshine War, Gold Coast, City Primeval

    (Two of the three novels (The Moonshine War & Gold Coast) ...)

  • Elmore Leonard: Four Later Novels: Get Shorty / Rum Punch / Out of Sight / Tishomingo Blues (The Library of America)

    (The definitive edition of an American master of crime fic...)

  • The Law at Randado (Paperback) - Common

    (Wealthy cattle baron Phil Sundeen thinks Deputy Sheriff K...)

  • Mister Paradise / Mr. Paradise (Spanish Edition)

    (Tony Paradiso, más conocido como Mister Paradise, es un a...)

  • Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup: The Bounty Hunters, Forty Lashes Less One, and Gunsights

    ( One of America's favorite writers captures the wild an...)

  • The Law at Randado

    ( Phil Sundeen thinks Deputy Sheriff Kirby Frye is just a...)

  • Freaky Deaky

    (An explosive thriller from the 'greatest living writer of...)

  • City Primeval

    (Classic Elmore Leonard - a killer is on the loose in a gr...)

  • Riding the Rap - Elmore Leonard - Signed Copy "Valdez Is Not Coming"

    (This is a signed hardback book with dust jacket titled RI...)

  • Elmore Leonard: 3 book collection pack: (Split Images / Cuba Libre / Cat Chaser rrp £20.97, Elmore Leonard)

    (Elmore Leonard: 3 book collection pack: Split Images / Cu...)

  • Comfort to the Enemy

    (A trio of short stories featuring legendary lawman Carl W...)

  • Almas paganas = Pagan Babies (Punto de Lectura) (Spanish Edition)

    (Terry Dunn is not an ordinary priest; his parish is in wa...)

  • Persecucion mortal / Killshot (Spanish Edition)

    (Wayne y Carmen Colson están en el momento equivocado en e...)

  • Glitz

    (Hardcover ISBN-10: 3545364232 ISBN-13: 978-3545364233 Pro...)

  • Book Digest featuring "The Langoliers" also includes "Four Past Midnight", "Get Shorty" & "The Wings of Morning"

    (Hard Cover book in like brand new condition, contains fou...)

  • Valdez Is Coming: A Novel

    ( Touching on the themes of the popular FX series Justifi...)

  • 8 Titles By Elmore Leonard: Rum Punch, Out of Sight, Gold Coast, the Big Bounce, Cuba Libre, Be Cool, Tishomingo Blues.

    (8 Titles from the great mystery/suspense author Elmore Le...)

  • Fifty-Two Pickup

    (Harry Mitchell had a beautiful wife and a voluptuous mist...)

  • City Primeval

    (Clement Mansell knows how easy it is to get away with mur...)

  • Forty Lashes Less One

    ( The hell called Yuma Prison can destroy the soul of any...)

  • Killshot - on Playaway

    (Playaway is the easiest way to listen to a book on the go...)

  • Get Shorty Leonard, Elmore ( Author ) { Paperback } 2011
  • City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit

    ( “As gritty and hard-driving a thriller as you’ll find…....)

  • Freaky Deaky: A Novel

    ( “Wonderfully wicked…a nonstop, pedal-to-the-metal romp....)

  • Elmore Leonard Raylan Givens 3-Book Collection: Pronto, Riding the Rap, Fire in the Hole

    ( New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard's U.S....)

  • Leonard, Elmore ( Author )(Split Images) Paperback
  • Valdez Is Coming - Original Folded One Sheet Movie Poster (1971)

    (Original folded one sheet movie poster, 27" x 41".)

  • Maximum Bob

    (A Miami, le juge Gibbs est la terreur de la pègre. Avec l...)

  • Rum Punch: A Novel

    ( “Powerful…clever…astonishing…a delicious read.” —Detro...)

  • Scenario The Magazine of Screenwriting Art Volume 2 No. 1

    (screenplays, interviews, essays, opinion)

  • Split Images (City Primeval)

    ( “Constant action and top-notch writing.” —New York Tim...)

  • Split Images

    ( “Constant action and top-notch writing.” —New York Tim...)

  • Split Images (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

    ( “Constant action and top-notch writing.” —New York Tim...)

  • Split Images: A Novel

    ( “Constant action and top-notch writing.” —New York Tim...)

  • Cuba Libre

    (On a hot night in Havana Harbor, U.S. marines sleep on th...)

  • Freaky Deaky 1ST Edition

    (Classic mystery by master writer. Nice collectible)

  • Jackie Brown - Cocktail Explosivo (Spanish Edition)

    (Jackie Brown de Elmore Leonard. Ediciones B, S.A. , 1999.)

  • Mr. Majestyk: A Novel

    ( “Splendid…entirely engrossing.” —Los Angeles Times “Fi...)

  • Get Shorty.

    (Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard. Dell Publishing,1990)

  • 5 Elmore Leonard paperbacks: Freaky Deaky, Get Shorty, Maximum Bob, Pagan Babies, Up In Honey's Room (elmore leonard)

    (Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard. Torchbooks,2002)

  • Bandits: A Novel

    ( “Almost unbearable suspense. Leonard has produced anoth...)

  • The Switch: A Novel

    ( “My favorite Leonard book….He writes the way Hammett an...)

  • Gold Coast: A Novel

    ( “Lean, mean, darkly funny.” —Boston Globe “A zingy th...)

  • Get Shorty

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • Mr. Paradise: A Novel

    ( “Sharp as an ice pick….You will love this excellent boo...)

  • The Elmore Leonard Value Collection: Pronto, Riding the Rap, and Get Shorty

    (Six cassettes, 9 hrs. performances by Joe Mantegna Pront...)

  • Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories

    ( “An excellent read….Concrete evidence of a master crime...)

  • Get Shorty: A Novel

    ( “A Hollywood hit….Taut, inimitable prose and characters...)

  • RUM PUNCH.
  • Glitz: A Novel

    ( “Intense….A higher caliber of entertainment.” —New York...)

  • Glitz

    ( “Intense….A higher caliber of entertainment.” —New York...)

  • By Elmore Leonard Get Shorty (1st)

    (Romanzo)

  • Cuba libre

    (Romanzi)

  • La scorciatoia. Get Shorty

    (giallo)

  • Elmore Leonard's Double Dutch Treat: Three Novels - Moonshine War, Gold Coast, City Primeval by Elmore Leonard (1986) Hardcover

    (1st)

  • Freaky Deaky by Leonard, Elmore (1988) Hardcover

    (1st)

  • Elmore Leonard's Dutch Treat: Three Novels, the Hunted, Swag, Mr. Majestyk by Elmore Leonard (1985) Hardcover

    (1st)

  • City Primeval High Noon in Detroit by Elmore Leonard AUDIO CASSETTES

    (6.75 hours.)

  • Cat Chaser By Elmore Leonard (Audiobook on Cassette)
  • City Primeval by Elmore Leonard (1980-09-03)
  • Fifty-Two Pickup by Elmore Leonard (1974-08-01)
  • Tishomingo Blues (French Edition)
  • The Law at Randado By Leonard, Elmore ( Author ) Paperback 2013
  • { VALDEZ IS COMING } by Leonard, Elmore (AUTHOR) Dec-26-2012 Paperback
  • Freaky Deaky by Elmore Leonard (2009-11-26)
  • Rum Punch
  • Mr. Majestyk, Movie Tie-in
  • Mr. Majestyk
  • Fifty-Two Pickup by Elmore Leonard (1974-05-03)
  • Cat Chaser: A Novel by Leonard, Elmore(July 3, 2012) Paperback
  • Persecucion Mortal/ Killshot (Spanish Edition) by Elmore Leonard (2007-07-30)
  • Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #1: Bounty Hunters, Forty Lashes Less One, and Gunsights
  • Freaky Deaky Hardcover May 1, 1988
  • Elmore Leonard: La Brava; Cat Chaser; Split Images by Elmore Leonard (1992-06-13)
  • Hot Kid CD
  • Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard (2010-09-28)
  • The Hot Kid (Playaway) #52139
  • Pagan Babies Unabrided
  • Freaky Deaky Paperback - September 6, 2005
  • Out of Sight: A Novel
  • Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard (1998-05-03)
  • Elmore Leonard Combo Pack (10 TITLES) Be Cool, The Big Bounce, Cuba Libre, Escape From Five Shadows, Glitz, Killshot, The Moonshine War, Rum Punch, The Switch, & Tishomingo Blues
  • Comfort To The Enemy by Elmore Leonard (1-Apr-2010) Paperback
  • Pagan Babies: A Novel
  • Killshot by Elmore Leonard (2005-09-06)
  • Escape from Five Shadows by Elmore Leonard (3-Dec-2013) Paperback
  • Forty Lashes Less One 1ST Edition
  • Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard (2005-01-25)
  • Get Shorty
  • Punch al rum
  • Get Shorty
  • Get Shorty Paperback - January 25, 2005
  • Hombre 2002, Escape From Five Shadows 2002, Escape From Five Shadows 1985
  • 2 Titles By Elmore Leonard: "Get Shorty," & "Be Cool."
  • Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard (3-Oct-2007) Paperback
  • TISHOMINGO BLUES
  • Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #1: Bounty Hunters, Forty Lashes Less One, and Gunsights Paperback - October 13, 1998
  • Freaky deaky
  • Get Shorty
  • Pronto: A Novel by Elmore Leonard (2012-01-03)
  • Road Dogs: A Novel
  • By Elmore Leonard - Killshot: A Novel (Reprint) (2011-12-14) Paperback
  • By Elmore Leonard - Rum Punch: A Novel (Reprint) (9/18/11)
  • Jackie Brown, Originally Published as Rum Punch
  • Cuba Libre: A Novel
  • By Elmore Leonard - Rum Punch (1992-07-16) Hardcover
  • Mr Paradise
  • Cuba Libre
  • The Complete Western Stories
  • El Blues Del Misisipi / Tishomingo Blues (Spanish Edition)
  • Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #2: Escape from Five Shadows, Last Stand at Saber River, and the Law at Randado
  • Riding the Rap Hardcover – Large Print, July, 1995
  • Pronto by Elmore Leonard (2008-09-18)
  • Riding the Rap: A Novel
  • The Big Bounce by Elmore Leonard (30-Apr-2009) Paperback
  • Tishomingo Blues TISHOMINGO BLUES By Leonard, Elmore ( Author )Sep-28-2010 Paperback
  • Maximum Bob-20.00
  • Tishomingo Blues
  • Elmore Leonard's Dutch Treat: Three Novels, the Hunted, Swag, Mr. Majestyk Hardcover - November, 1985
  • Cat Chaser 1ST Edition
  • Three Complete Novels - La Barva, Cat Chaser, Split Images
  • Pagan Babies (Mass Market Paperback)
  • The Hot Kid
  • Killshot
  • Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard (26-Nov-2009) Paperback
  • Tishomingo Blues Paperback - September 28, 2010
  • Three Complete Novels - La Braua, Cat Chaser, Split Images
  • Pronto: A Novel
  • Freaky Deaky
  • Forty Lashes Less One by Elmore Leonard (1-Nov-2002) Mass Market Paperback
  • Elmore Leonard's Double Dutch Treat: Three Novels - Moonshine War, Gold Coast, City Primeval by Elmore Leonard (1986-04-01)
  • Persecucion Mortal/ Killshot (Spanish Edition)
  • Get Shorty Hardcover - July 1, 1990
  • By Elmore Leonard - Valdez Is Coming: A Novel (11/26/12)
  • Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #3: Valdez is Coming & Hombre
  • The Lagoliers from Four Past Midnight / Get Shorty / The Wings of the Morning (Time Life Book Digest)
  • Riding the Rap by Elmore Leonard (2009-04-30)
  • Killshot KILLSHOT BY Leonard, Elmore ( Author ) Feb-17-1999
  • Mr. Paradise
  • PRONTO.
  • Jackie Brown (Rum Punch)
  • Cat Chaser: A Novel

Membership

With United States Navy, 1943-1946. Member Writers Guild of America, Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America, Western Writers of America.

Connections

Married Beverly Claire Cline, August 30, 1949 (divorced 1977). Children: Jane, Peter, Christopher, William, Katherine. Married Joan Leanne Lancaster, September 15, 1979 (deceased 1993).

Married Christine Kent, August 19, 1993.

Father:

Elmore John Leonard

Mother:

Flora Amelia (Rivé) Leonard

Spouse:

Joan Leanne Lancaster

Spouse:

Christine Kent

Spouse:

Beverly Claire Cline

child:

Katherine Leonard

child:

Peter Leonard

child:

Jane Leonard

child:

William Leonard

child:

Christopher Leonard