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Birthday
*** ,1925
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August 20, 2013 (87 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Libra
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Celebrities born on October 11
Born in 1925
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Elmore Leonard
Elmore John Leonard Jr. is an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His first novels, published in the 1950s, focused on the West, but he continued to specialize in detective stories and suspenseful thrillers, many of which were adapted for cinema. Some of his most famous works include Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Swag, Hombre, Mr. Majestyk and Rum Punch. Leonard's works include short stories that became the 3:10 series for Yuma and The Tall T, as well as the FX Justified TV series.
BornElmore John Leonard Jr, October 11, 1925, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedAugust 20, 2013, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.
OccupationWriter
Alma materUniversity of Detroit
GenrePulp fiction, Westerns, Crime fiction
Children5, including Peter Leonard
RelativesMegan Freels Johnston

About Elmore Leonard

Novelist Elmore Leonard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States on October 11, 1925. He dies at the age of 87, on August 20, 2013.

American crime fiction, pulp fiction, and western fiction author whose writings have been made into films, including Get Shorty and Rum Punch. In 2008, he won the Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Award, and in 2012, he won the National Book Award.

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Elmore Leonard before becoming famous

Elmore Leonard was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1925 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Ox (牛).

He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and spent his early years in Detroit, Michigan. He earned a bachelor's degree in English and philosophy from the University of Detroit in 1950 and began working as a copy writer.

Achievement of Elmore Leonard

Jackie Brown, a Director Quentin Tarantino film, is based on Leonard's 1992 novel Rum Punch.

Elmore Leonard's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

With his first wife, Beverly Claire Cline, he had two daughters and three boys. Following his divorce from Cline in 1977, he married Joan Shepard and Christine Kent twice more.

Elmore Leonard on Social Media

Elmore Leonard's news on his Twitter: @elmoreleonard.

Elmore Leonard Collabed with

Hombre, based on his novel, was adapted into a film starring Movie Actor Paul Newman.

Paul Newman (1925 - 2008) (Movie Actor)
Paul Newman (1925 - 2008)

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Elmore Leonard Income & Net worth

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Elmore Leonard Height and Weight

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