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Sep 8, 2024 · I'll die on this hill: Elmore Leonard is as important to the American literary canon as Jack London, Mark Twain, Papa Hemingway, James Baldwin, Flannery O’Connor, William Faulkner, Jack Kerouac, Cormac McCarthy, Raymond Carver, Charles Bukowski, et cetera.
Sep 19, 2024 · New York Times Book Review Elmore Leonard is the undisputed master, the “King Daddy of crime writers” ( Seattle Times ), in the august company of the all-time greats of mystery/noir/crime fiction John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, et al.
1 day ago · Dennis Lehane, Lee Child, and Elmore Leonard can be attributed to my direction in crime fiction. Each of those authors offer a different variant: Lehane is detective/mystery, Leonard is gritty/characterized crime, and Child is action hero.
2 days ago · Like Once Upon a Time in the West, the Elmore Leonard adaptation 3:10 to Yuma knows that the Old West involves a lot of waiting. In particular, 3:10 to Yuma involves desperate rancher Dan Evans (Van Heflin) waiting for the train to arrive, so he can deposit notorious outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) and collect a much-needed reward.
6 days ago · Published 2 days ago. Thread. Follow. Link copied to clipboard. Custom image by Sean Morrison. At the end of 3:10 to Yuma, Dan Evans (Christian Bale) gave his son, William (Logan Lerman) an important item, but the Western doesn't make it overly clear what that was or why it was so special.
Sep 10, 2024 · Sep 10, 2024. Literacy Month continues with screenwriters Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones) and Milla Bell-Hart (Bad Monkey) ranking the best films ever made from the work of acclaimed crime writer ELMORE LEONARD! Joining Clay at the commissioner's table is Screen Drafts legend and writer of The Draftland Scene, Mr. Darren Franich.
Sep 10, 2024 · “If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.” ~Elmore Leonard. Leonard’s rule rules. Writing that sounds like writing—where the writer tries to grab the reader with a display of superior skills—yanks the reader’s attention away from the story. It’s the equivalent of saying “Look at me! Look at me!”
Sep 9, 2024 · It was at the end of the 70s, and while all his friends were drooling for Space Invaders, he just wanted the book ‘Switch’ by Elmore Leonard. So much was his desperation to have the volume in his hands, that he did not hesitate for a second to steal it. The inexperience led to his capture.
Sep 10, 2024 · ELMORE LEONARD (with Bryan Cogman & Milla Bell-Hart) Screen Drafts. Play. Literacy Month continues with screenwriters Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones) and Milla Bell-Hart (Bad Monkey) ranking the best films ever made from the work of acclaimed crime writer ELMORE LEONARD!
5 days ago · Past panels and special guests have included Ta-Nehisi Coates, Sleater-Kinney, Mindy Kaling, Elmore Leonard, Matt Groening, Sherman Alexie and Zaha Hadid. The festival’s lineup and schedule, a mix of in-person and virtual events, is unveiled in September.
