Elmore Leonard

New biography claims new Salinger books due out (ABC News via AP) The authors of a new J.D. Salinger biography are claiming they have cracked one of publishing’s greatest mysteries: What “The Catcher in the Rye” novelist was working on during the last half century of his life. * * * Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules [...]

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Remembering Elmore Leonard, A Writer Who Hated Literature (NPR) Elmore Leonard was a writer who hated — and I don’t mean disliked; Elmore had a contempt for putting pretty clothes on hard, direct words, so I mean hated — literature, or at least what he believed a lot of people mean when they say liter-a-ture, [...]

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The New York Times is one of several outlets reporting that crime novelist Elmore Leonard has passed away at 87 years old. According to the article, Leonard had his first story published in 1951 and “60 years later, was still churning out a book a year.” He is known for novels such as ‘Glitz’ and [...]

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Amazon launches Amazon Art with over 40K works (Engadget) Amazon has just announced the Amazon Art marketplace, giving users access to 40,000 pieces of fine art from over 150 dealers and galleries. More than 4,500 artists will be represented at launch, making the site one of the largest online collections available, according to the company. * [...]

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The National Book Foundation has just announced the two recipients of its 2012 Lifetime Achievement Awards, and the winners certainly make for a curious (yet very deserving) pair: The Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL) is being awarded to the 86-year-old novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard, while the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community goes [...]

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