James Ellroy
Writer, Author
1948 –
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Who is James Ellroy?
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy 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, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, White Jazz, American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood's a Rover.
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- Born
- Mar 4, 1948
Los Angeles - Also known as
- Lee Earl "James" Elroy
- Lee Earle Elroy
- Dog
- Lee
- Parents
- Spouses
- Helen Knode
( - 2006)
- Helen Knode
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Fairfax High School
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on July 23, 2013
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