Elmore Leonard

from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. 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.

Timeline

2021Aged 96

2013Aged 88

  • Poster for Life of Crime

    Executive Producer

2012Aged 87

  • Poster for Freaky Deaky

    Novel

2008Aged 83

  • Poster for The Tonto Woman

    Story

  • Poster for Killshot

    Executive Producer

2007Aged 82

  • Poster for 3:10 to Yuma

    Short Story

2005Aged 80

  • Poster for Be Cool

    Executive Producer

2004Aged 79

  • Poster for The Big Bounce

    Novel

2002Aged 77

  • Poster for Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

    Self

1998Aged 73

1997Aged 72

  • Poster for Last Stand at Saber River

    Novel

  • Poster for Touch

    Novel

  • Poster for Pronto

    Novel

  • Poster for Gold Coast

    Novel

  • Poster for Jackie Brown

    Executive Producer

1995Aged 70

  • Poster for Get Shorty

    Novel

1992Aged 67

  • Poster for Split Images

    Novel

1989Aged 64

  • Poster for Cat Chaser

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

    Creator

  • Poster for Desperado: Badlands Justice

    Characters

  • Poster for Border Shootout

    Novel

1988Aged 63

1987Aged 62

  • Poster for Desperado

    Writer

  • Poster for The Rosary Murders

    Screenplay

1986Aged 61

  • Poster for 52 Pick-Up

    Screenplay

1985Aged 60

  • Poster for The Ambassador

    Novel

  • Poster for Stick

    Screenplay

1980Aged 55

  • Poster for High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

    Writer

1974Aged 49

  • Poster for Mr. Majestyk

    Writer

1972Aged 47

  • Poster for Joe Kidd

    Writer

1971Aged 46

  • Poster for Valdez Is Coming

    Novel

1970Aged 45

  • Poster for The Moonshine War

    Screenplay

1969Aged 44

  • Poster for The Big Bounce

    Novel

1967Aged 42

  • Poster for Hombre

    Novel

1957Aged 32

  • Poster for The Tall T

    Short Story

  • Poster for 3:10 to Yuma

    Short Story

Year unknown

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