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06/28/11 Elmore Leonard will be one of the major attractions on the first day of the National Cherry Festival on Saturday. That represents an endorsement of a lot of things, among them Traverse City, private airplanes and a fellow author who's worth reading even if he's about 43 books behind Leonard and losing ground.
06/02/11 The cast of Freaky Deaky continues to grow as Variety reports that Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser and Craig Robinson have all signed on for the Elmore Leonard adaptation.
05/06/11 Elmore Leonard believes there's only one place where his novel "Freaky Deaky" should be filmed: right here in Detroit. "Oh yeah, it's got to be made here," says the 85-year-old novelist, whose work is a favorite source for Hollywood.
05/05/11 In Season 2, FX's modern western perfected an Elmore Leonard tone -- and became one of TV's best shows
05/03/11 On Wednesday (May 4), FX's Southern crime drama "Justified," based on characters created by novelist Elmore Leonard, ends its sophomore season with "Bloody Harlan," which may give viewers a clue what's waiting in the wings.And if they can't guess, Joelle Carter, who plays widow (by virtue of manslaughter) Ava Crowder, says that last week's explosive episode will pale in comparison."It's even ...
02/15/11 Elmore Leonard's hilarious 'Middle East western on water' captivates Giles Foden In the wake of Somalia's various civil wars since the early 1990s, piracy has proliferated in the Gulf of Aden and the wider Indian Ocean. Pirates are now attacking large vessels such as oil tankers as well as small yachts, as in the recent case of the Chandlers . It was only a matter of time before novelists got in ...
02/09/11 Hallelujah, Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) is back. FX's hit drama Justified, based on the Elmore Leonard books about a fast-drawin', sharp-shootin' U.S. marshal who ends up...
10/17/10 Elmore Leonard is the Clint Eastwood of authors. He pumps out new titles with the ease of a gunslinger jacking a new round into a smoking chamber.
10/14/10 Elmore Leonard is two decades past the age when most Americans begin receiving Social Security benefits. And the Hot Kid's never been hotter.
10/14/10 Elmore Leonard's 44th novel, "Djibouti," hit shelves on Tuesday, a day after he celebrated his 85th birthday. Surely, the octogenarian is ready to slow down a bit.
10/10/10 This will be a busy week for Elmore Leonard. On Monday, the Bloomfield Village resident often referred to as the greatest crime writer -- ever -- celebrates his 85th birthday. On Tuesday, he releases his 44th book, the deliciously titled "Djibouti" (William Morrow, 288 pages, $26.99).
06/16/10 CELEBRATED author Elmore Leonard has a long history of his books being adapted to the big screen. They include 3:10 to Yuma, Get Shorty and Out of Sight, among others.
06/08/10 The Community House, a nonprofit organization in Birmingham, MI dedicated to cultural, social and educational enrichment, will be launching the first annual "Elmore Leonard Literary Arts and Film Festival," November 10-13, 2010.
03/21/10 There are a few ways to discern that Raylan Givens, the character at the center of the FX series "Justified" is an Elmore Leonard creation. Although he is a deputy U.S. marshal in a very contemporary milieu, he wears a big old cowboy hat, and his pistol, which he carries in a side holster, comes out only when he gets down to business. Regardless of the circumstance, he doesn't spend a lot of ...
03/18/10 Elmore Leonard has a simple reason to be pleased that so many of his books and stories have been adapted for film and TV.
03/16/10 Timothy Olyphant stars in cable's new "Justified" as a 21st-century version of Matt Dillon. He's unconventional and unpredictable. He's an Elmore Leonard kind of guy.
03/16/10 In order to fall in love with FX's new macho-man show, "Justified," it helps to be a man. It also helps to be a man who grew up on anti-hero westerns and Elmore Leonard's books. If you fit into any of the above categories -- I clearly do...
03/15/10 JUSTIFIED. 10 tonight, FX.PASADENA, CALIF. - Timothy Olyphant always saw himself as an Elmore Leonard character.Starting tonight in FX's "Justified," he'll be playing one: Raylan Givens, a quick-on-the-draw federal marshal who's been transferred from Miami to his native Kentucky after one "justified" shooting too many.
03/13/10 Feel free to call "Justified" yet another "gritty" drama a la FX stablemates "The Shield," "Rescue Me" or "Sons of Anarchy." But there's a big difference. For starters, "Justified," premiering Tuesday at 10 p.m., is based on "Fire in the Hole," a short story by Elmore Leonard, the...
02/21/10 The Strand Magazine announces nominees for the 2009 critics awards, Michael Connelly, T. Jefferson Parker, Laura Lippman, and Charlie Huston are among the nominees. Elmore Leonard has been given the Strand's lifetime acheivement award for his body of work.
11/22/09 The prolific Elmore Leonard (more than 40 novels and short-story collections) has come up with a new fast-paced thriller that begins with the two chief protagonists in prison and ends with one of them laid out at a funeral parlor. In between, the surprises never stop coming, for no one is quite what he or she appears to be. | 
