James Ellroy

Author 22 / Writer 5 / Actor 2 · 1981 – 2021 · 🎬 7 📖 22

Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic 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) and L.A. Confidential (1990).

All · 29 🎬 Movies · 7 📖 Books · 22

Fiction Los angeles (calif.), fiction Fiction, mystery & detective, general Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled Police

Highlights

Widespread Panic

Widespread Panic

2021

This Storm

This Storm

2019

Perfidia

Perfidia

2014

Frequent Collaborators

Curtis Hanson

3 shared

David Ayer

3 shared

Brian De Palma

2 shared

Graham Beckel

Graham Beckel

2 shared

Robert Kuperberg

2 shared

Clara Kuperberg

2 shared

All decades 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

🎬 Movies

Rampart

writer

2011

Street Kings

writer

2008

The Black Dahlia

writer

2006

James Ellroy: American Dog

actor

2006

Dark Blue

writer

2003

Wonder Boys

actor

2000

L.A. Confidential

writer

1997

📖 Books

Widespread Panic

Widespread Panic

author

2021

This Storm

This Storm

author

2019

Perfidia

Perfidia

author

2014

Blood's a rover

Blood's a rover

author

2009

The Cold Six Thousand

The Cold Six Thousand

author

2001

Destination

Destination

author

1999

The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time

The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time

author

1998

Crime Wave

Crime Wave

author

1998

L. A. Noir

L. A. Noir

author

1998

My Dark Places

My Dark Places

author

1996

American Tabloid

American Tabloid

author

1995

Hollywood Nocturnes

Hollywood Nocturnes

author

1994

White Jazz

White Jazz

author

1991

L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential

author

1990

The Big Nowhere

The Big Nowhere

author

1988

The Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia

author

1987

Because the Night

Because the Night

author

1986

Suicide Hill

Suicide Hill

author

1986

Silent Terror

Silent Terror

author

1986

Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon

author

1984

Clandestine

Clandestine

author

1982

Brown's Requiem

Brown's Requiem

author

1981

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