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Biography & Autobiography Literary

Get Dutch!

Biography of Elmore Leonard

by (author) Paul Challen

Publisher
ECW Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2000
Category
Literary
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550224221
    Publish Date
    Sep 2000
    List Price
    $17.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554900312
    Publish Date
    Nov 2000
    List Price
    $10.95

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Description

For six decades now, American crime novelist Elmore “Dutch” Leonard has been entertaining readers around the world with his unique style, gritty dialogue, and quirky characters. This first full-length biography of Leonard in over a decade reveals the story of this remarkable writer, including in-depth interviews with Leonard himself, his personal research assistant, the screenwriter responsible for bringing Out of Sight and Get Shorty to the big screen, academics who have studied Leonard and his place in the literary world, and with crime fiction experts who have analyzed the impact of Leonard’s novels on the reading public.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Paul Challen is the author of The Book of Isiah: The Rise of a Basketball Legend and writes regularly about sports and entertainment for magazines, newspapers, and radio. He lives in Dundas, Ontario.

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