Elmore Leonard(1925-2013)

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Jackie Brown (1997)

Elmore Leonard was born on 11 October 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Out of Sight (1998), Justified (2010) and Get Shorty (1995). He was married to Christine Kent, Joan Shepard and Beverly Claire Cline. He died on 20 August 2013 in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, USA.

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Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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Known for

Out of Sight

7.0

Writer

1998

Justified

8.6

TV Series

Writer

Get Shorty

6.9

Writer

1995

Jackie Brown

7.5

Writer

1997

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Writer

Justified: City Primeval
7.3
TV Mini Series
- based on "City Primeval" and "Fire in the Hole" by
- 2023
Get Shorty
8.2
TV Series
- based in part on the novel by
- 2017–2019
Justified
8.6
TV Series
- based on the short story "Fire in the Hole" by
- short story "Fire in the Hole"
- based on the short story 'Fire in the Hole' by ...
- 2010–2015
The Arrangement
5.4
TV Movie
- story "When the Women Come Out to Dance"
- 2013
Life of Crime
5.8
- based on the book "The Switch" written by
- 2013
Freaky Deaky
5.6
- novel
- 2012
Sparks
6.3
Short
- based on a story by
- 2009
Killshot
6.0
- novel
- 2008
The Tonto Woman
6.9
Short
- story
- 2008
The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Live Action
6.9
- Writer
- 2008
3:10 to Yuma
7.6
- short story
- 2007
Be Cool
5.6
- novel
- 2005
Karen Sisco
7.2
TV Series
- characters
- story
- 2003–2004
The Big Bounce
4.9
- novel
- 2004
Maximum Bob
8.2
TV Series
- based on a novel by
- novel
- 1998

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- Elmore Leonard
Born
- October 11, 1925
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died
- August 20, 2013
- Bloomfield Township, Michigan, USA(complications from a stroke)
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Other works
Wrote, played self, in filmed essay in final episode of short-form writers' series "Byline Showtime" for Showtime cable network. Directed, photographed by John Heller. Produced by Marc Wallace. Featured appearance by Paul Lazar.
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Trivia
Leonard's "10 Rules of Writing" have attained near gospel status for both established and aspiring writers alike:

1. Never open a book with weather
2. Avoid prologues
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said", he admonished gravely
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.