James Ellroy
American crime writer and essayist · jamesellroy.net
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Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and... Wikipedia
Born: 1948 (age 76 years), Los Angeles, CA
Influenced by: Samuel Dashiell Hammett, Edward Bunker, and Peter Morgan
Spouse: Helen Knode (m. ?–2006)
Parents: Geneva Odelia Hilliker Ellroy and Armand Ellroy
Education: Fairfax High School (expelled)
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