Leonard, Elmore
Leonard, Elmore ( 1925 – ),American writer, born in New Orleans, and educated at the University of Detroit. He began his literary career writing westerns: his first short story, ‘Trail of the Apache’, appeared in Argosy in Dec. 1951 . Hombre ( 1961 ) was filmed in 1966 with Paul Newman . He later moved to crime writing, as the cult of the western declined, and produced many titles including City Primeval ( 1980 ), Glitz ( 1985 ), Freaky Deaky ( 1988 ), Get Shorty ( 1990 ), and Rum Punch ( 1992 ). Admired for his terse dialogue, vividly observed locations, laconic wit, and short scenes of direct action, he has been acclaimed as the heir to Hammett and Chandler , and many of his works have been successfully filmed.
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