James Ellroy
James Ellroy
Lee Earle "James" Ellroyis 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, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, White Jazz, American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood's a Rover...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little.
The wildest ride in modern crime novel exoticum. A novel so steeped in milieu that it feels as if you've blasted to mars in the grip of a demon who won't let you go. Read this book, savor the language-it's the last-and the most compelling word in thrillers.
I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective.
I think I'm out of crime fiction now, and I think the dividing line is American Tabloid.
I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.
Cats gotta scratch. Dogs gotta bite. I gotta write.
Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.
I begin by assembling notes on characters. Large swaths of the plot become clear to me as I do this.