James Ellroy

Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a so-called "telegraphic" 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 (1987), The Big Nowhere (1988), L.A. Confidential (1990), White Jazz (1992), American Tabloid (1995), The Cold Six Thousand (20... More

Date of birth:

  • Mar 4, 1948 (age 64 years)

Height:

  • 1.9 m (6.2 ft )

Also known as:

  • Lee Earl "James" Elroy,
  • Lee Earle Elroy,
  • Dog,
  • Lee
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