James Ellroy date of birth:
March 16, 1948
How old is James Ellroy?
78
Where was James Ellroy born?
Los Angeles, California, United States
How tall is James Ellroy?
6' 3" (190 cm)
What is James Ellroy's occupation?
crime writer, essayist
What genre is James Ellroy's work?
Crime fiction, historical fiction, mystery, noir fiction
Short Biography
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) 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), 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).