Leonard, Elmore
Born
10/11/1925
Birthplace
New Orleans, Louisanna
Titles and Honors
1992 Grand Master Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America [11]
2006 Louisiana Writer Award[citation needed]
2008 F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Award for outstanding achievement in American literature[12]
2011 Peabody Award, FX's "Justified"
2012 National Book Award, Medal for Distinguished Contribution [13]
2006 Louisiana Writer Award[citation needed]
2008 F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Award for outstanding achievement in American literature[12]
2011 Peabody Award, FX's "Justified"
2012 National Book Award, Medal for Distinguished Contribution [13]
Education
Graduate, University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1943
Graduate, University of Detroit, English and Philosophy, 1950
Graduate, University of Detroit, English and Philosophy, 1950
Notes
http://www.elmoreleonard.com/index.php?/biography/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_Leonard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_Leonard
Occupation
American Novelist and Screenwriter
Publications
Novels
YearNovel Film Adaptation
1953The Bounty Hunters
1954The Law at Randado 1990 - Border Shootout
1956Escape from Five Shadows
1959Last Stand at Saber River 1997 - Last Stand at Saber River
1961Hombre1967 - Hombre
1969The Big Bounce 1969 - The Big Bounce
2004 - The Big Bounce
The Moonshine War 1970 - The Moonshine War
1970Valdez Is Coming 1971 - Valdez Is Coming
1972Forty Lashes Less One
1974Mr. Majestyk 1974 - Mr. Majestyk
52 Pick-Up 1984 - The Ambassador
1986 - 52 Pick-Up
1976Swag
1977Unknown Man No. 89
The Hunted
1978The Switch
1979Gunsights
1980City Primeval
Gold Coast 1997 TV film
1981Split Images 1992 TV movie
1982Cat Chaser 1989 - Cat Chaser
1983Stick 1985 - Stick
LaBrava
Edgar Award, Best Novel (1984)
1985Glitz 1988 TV film
1987Bandits
Touch 1997 film - Touch
1988Freaky Deaky
1989Killshot2009 - Killshot
1990Get Shorty1995 - Get Shorty
1991Maximum Bob1998 TV series
1992Rum Punch1997 - Jackie Brown
1993Pronto1997 TV film
2010 - TV series Justified
1995Riding the Rap2010 - TV series Justified
1996Out of Sight1998 - Out of Sight
2003 - TV series Karen Sisco
Naked Came the Manatee
(One chapter of serial novel)
1998Cuba Libre
Tonto Woman
(One chapter of serial novel)
1999Be Cool 2005 - Be Cool
2000Pagan Babies
2001Fire in the Hole2010 - TV series Justified
2002When the Women Come Out to Dance
Anthology (includes Fire in the Hole)
Tishomingo Blues
2004A Coyote's in the House
2004Mr. Paradise
2005The Hot Kid
2006Comfort to the Enemy
Published serially in New York Times
(Chapters can be downloaded at www.elmoreleonard.com)
2007Up in Honey's Room
2009Road Dogs
2010Djibouti
2012Raylan
Screenplays
YearTitleDirectorCo-writers
1970The Moonshine WarRichard Quine
1972Joe KiddJohn Sturges
1974Mr. MajestykRichard Fleischer
1980High Noon, Part II (TV)Jerry Jameson
1985StickBurt ReynoldsJoseph Stinson
198652 Pick-UpJohn FrankenheimerJohn Steppling
1987The Rosary MurdersFred WaltonWilliam X. Kienzle & Fred Walton
Desperado (TV series)Virgil W. Vogel
1989Cat ChaserAbel FerraraJames Borelli
Stories
YearStoryFilm Adaptation
1953Three-Ten to Yuma1957 - 3:10 to Yuma
2007 - 3:10 to Yuma
1955The Captives1957 - The Tall T
2004The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
Also wrote a short story in the anthology Murderers' Row edited by Otto Penzler (2001) (back story for Tishomingo Blues)
Audiobooks
All but three of Elmore Leonards novels have been performed as audiobooks (the exceptions being Escape From Five Shadows, Hombre, and La Brava) Many Leonard works (including The Big Bounce, Be Cool, and The Tonto Woman) have been recorded more than once resulting in over 70 English-language audiobook versions of Elmore Leonard novels. Many of these were abridgements, the last of which was Pagan Babies (2000) read by Steve Buscemi. Certain narrators have dominated the Elmore Leonard oeuvre, notably Frank Muller (11 audiobooks) Grover Gardner aka Alexander Adams (7) George Guidall (5), Mark Hammer (5), and Joe Mantegna (5). Other notable Leonard narrators include Liev Schreiber, Neil Patrick Harris, Tom Wopat, Arliss Howard, Joe Morton, Taye Diggs, Brian Dennehy, Bruce Boxleitner, Tom Skeritt, Robert Forster, Dylan Baker, Paul Rudd, Keith Carradine, Ed Asner, Henry Rollins, and Barbara Rosenblatt, the only female narrator of an Elmore Leonard work (the story, When the Women Come Out to Dance).[10]
Nonfiction
10 Rules of Writing (2007)
Foreword to Walter Mirisch's book I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History
YearNovel Film Adaptation
1953The Bounty Hunters
1954The Law at Randado 1990 - Border Shootout
1956Escape from Five Shadows
1959Last Stand at Saber River 1997 - Last Stand at Saber River
1961Hombre1967 - Hombre
1969The Big Bounce 1969 - The Big Bounce
2004 - The Big Bounce
The Moonshine War 1970 - The Moonshine War
1970Valdez Is Coming 1971 - Valdez Is Coming
1972Forty Lashes Less One
1974Mr. Majestyk 1974 - Mr. Majestyk
52 Pick-Up 1984 - The Ambassador
1986 - 52 Pick-Up
1976Swag
1977Unknown Man No. 89
The Hunted
1978The Switch
1979Gunsights
1980City Primeval
Gold Coast 1997 TV film
1981Split Images 1992 TV movie
1982Cat Chaser 1989 - Cat Chaser
1983Stick 1985 - Stick
LaBrava
Edgar Award, Best Novel (1984)
1985Glitz 1988 TV film
1987Bandits
Touch 1997 film - Touch
1988Freaky Deaky
1989Killshot2009 - Killshot
1990Get Shorty1995 - Get Shorty
1991Maximum Bob1998 TV series
1992Rum Punch1997 - Jackie Brown
1993Pronto1997 TV film
2010 - TV series Justified
1995Riding the Rap2010 - TV series Justified
1996Out of Sight1998 - Out of Sight
2003 - TV series Karen Sisco
Naked Came the Manatee
(One chapter of serial novel)
1998Cuba Libre
Tonto Woman
(One chapter of serial novel)
1999Be Cool 2005 - Be Cool
2000Pagan Babies
2001Fire in the Hole2010 - TV series Justified
2002When the Women Come Out to Dance
Anthology (includes Fire in the Hole)
Tishomingo Blues
2004A Coyote's in the House
2004Mr. Paradise
2005The Hot Kid
2006Comfort to the Enemy
Published serially in New York Times
(Chapters can be downloaded at www.elmoreleonard.com)
2007Up in Honey's Room
2009Road Dogs
2010Djibouti
2012Raylan
Screenplays
YearTitleDirectorCo-writers
1970The Moonshine WarRichard Quine
1972Joe KiddJohn Sturges
1974Mr. MajestykRichard Fleischer
1980High Noon, Part II (TV)Jerry Jameson
1985StickBurt ReynoldsJoseph Stinson
198652 Pick-UpJohn FrankenheimerJohn Steppling
1987The Rosary MurdersFred WaltonWilliam X. Kienzle & Fred Walton
Desperado (TV series)Virgil W. Vogel
1989Cat ChaserAbel FerraraJames Borelli
Stories
YearStoryFilm Adaptation
1953Three-Ten to Yuma1957 - 3:10 to Yuma
2007 - 3:10 to Yuma
1955The Captives1957 - The Tall T
2004The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
Also wrote a short story in the anthology Murderers' Row edited by Otto Penzler (2001) (back story for Tishomingo Blues)
Audiobooks
All but three of Elmore Leonards novels have been performed as audiobooks (the exceptions being Escape From Five Shadows, Hombre, and La Brava) Many Leonard works (including The Big Bounce, Be Cool, and The Tonto Woman) have been recorded more than once resulting in over 70 English-language audiobook versions of Elmore Leonard novels. Many of these were abridgements, the last of which was Pagan Babies (2000) read by Steve Buscemi. Certain narrators have dominated the Elmore Leonard oeuvre, notably Frank Muller (11 audiobooks) Grover Gardner aka Alexander Adams (7) George Guidall (5), Mark Hammer (5), and Joe Mantegna (5). Other notable Leonard narrators include Liev Schreiber, Neil Patrick Harris, Tom Wopat, Arliss Howard, Joe Morton, Taye Diggs, Brian Dennehy, Bruce Boxleitner, Tom Skeritt, Robert Forster, Dylan Baker, Paul Rudd, Keith Carradine, Ed Asner, Henry Rollins, and Barbara Rosenblatt, the only female narrator of an Elmore Leonard work (the story, When the Women Come Out to Dance).[10]
Nonfiction
10 Rules of Writing (2007)
Foreword to Walter Mirisch's book I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History
Spouse
Beverly Cline
Children
Five unnamed children
Nationality
American
