James Ellroy
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James Ellroy

Also credited as Lee Earle Elroy

Born Mar 4, 194878 years oldLos Angeles, California, USAWriting

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 (2001), and Blood's a Rover (2009).

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Age: 78

Gender: Male

IMDb: nm0255278

Known credits: 40