James Ellroy
Known for
Writing
Born
March 4, 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
James Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a so-called "telegraphic" prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987), The Big Nowhere (1988), L.A. Confidential (1990), White Jazz (1992), American Tabloid (1995), The Cold Six Thousand (2001), and Blood's a Rover (2009).
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Best known work
L.A. Confidential
1997
Street Kings
2008
The Black Dahlia
2006
Wonder Boys
2000
Rampart
2011
Dark Blue
2002
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Cop
1988
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
E! True Hollywood Story
1996Filmography
TBA
2025
Ellroy vs L.A.as Self (Footage archive)
2023
2017
2017
Los Angeles narratesas Self
2015
Los Angeles Film Noiras Himself
2014
2013
2011
RampartWriter
2011
2009
2008
2008
2008
Street KingsScreenplay
2007
The Truth about Black Dahliaas archive footage
2006
James Ellroy: American Dogas Self
2006
The Black DahliaNovel
2006
Shadows of Suspenseas Self
2006
2004
2004
2004
2003
L.A. ConfidentialNovel
2003
L.A. County 187Writer
2002
Dark BlueStory