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Novelist ELMORE LEONARD
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Elmore Leonard is 70 years old.
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Elmore Leonard, novelist
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Elmore Leonard has been called "the greatest living writer of crime fiction" by the New York Times.
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Critics did not take notice of Elmore Leonard until the 1980s.
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Elmore Leonard has written thirty-two novels.
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Get Shorty, one of Elmore Leonard's novels, has been made into a film starring John Travolta and Gene Hackman.
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2: Novelist ELMORE LEONARD. He's 70 years old and has been called "the greatest living writer of crime fiction" (New York Times). Though he'd been writing for decades, critics didn't take notice of him until the 1980s. Now his work is known for it tight prose, "ear-perfect" dialogue and depiction of lower class life. LEONARD's written thirty-two novels, including the bestsellers Pronto, Maximum Bob, and Get Shorty which has been made into a film, starring John Travolta and Gene Hackman.
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