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Also known as Lee Earle Ellroy

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

Person · Open Library

Born
4 March 1948
Works
65

Top works

  • Loco por Donna
  • Killer on the Road
  • L. A. Confidential
  • Red Sheet
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1948-03-04
has german audiobooks

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
447
Total plays
24,261

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Key facts

Born
Lee Earle Ellroy , ( 1948-03-04 ) March 4, 1948 (age 78) , Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Occupation
Crime writer , essayist
Education
Fairfax High School (expelled)
Genre
Crime fiction , historical fiction , mystery fiction , noir fiction
Years active
1981–present
Notable works
Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy L.A. Quartet Underworld USA Trilogy My Dark Places
Spouse
Mary Doherty ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1991 ) ​ Helen Knode ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. October 4, 1991</span>"}]]}'>1991 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2006 ) ​
Partner
Erika Schickel (sep.)
Allegiance
United States
Branch
United States Army
Service years
1965 (3 months)

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Encyclopedic overview

Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, 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).

Life

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