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Elmore Leonard

1925 - 2013

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Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story author and screenwriter. He was, according to British journalist Anthony Lane, "hailed as one of the best crime writers in the land". His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elmore Leonard is the 3,085th most popular writer (down from 2,581st in 2019), the 4,464th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,276th in 2019) and the 349th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Elmore Leonard ranks 3,085 out of 7,302. Before him are Al-A'sha, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Igor Gouzenko, Philotheus of Pskov, and Charles Pinot Duclos. After him are Samuel Smiles, Antoninus Liberalis, Dodie Smith, Victoria Benedictsson, Can Xue, and Breyten Breytenbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Elmore Leonard ranks 212. Before him are David Warren, Arlene Dahl, Nonna Mordyukova, Justo Gallego Martínez, Robert Mulligan, and Matías González. After him are Italo De Zan, Gazi Yaşargil, Elisabeth Domitien, Evelyn Berezin, Lenny Bruce, and Edward Gorey. Among people deceased in 2013, Elmore Leonard ranks 187. Before him are Józef Glemp, Viktor Tsybulenko, Lau Kar-leung, Radu Vasile, Aníbal Paz, and Hilary Koprowski. After him are Gerrie Mühren, Robert Ressler, Josip Kuže, Emile Griffith, John Tavener, and Alain Mimoun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elmore Leonard ranks 4,464 out of 20,380. Before him are Alexander Vandegrift (1887), Peggy March (1948), Tim Kang (1973), Richard G. Hovannisian (1932), Stuart Whitman (1928), and Sanford Meisner (1905). After him are Robert Webber (1924), Ann E. Todd (1931), Halsey (1994), Joseph Sweeney (1884), Alice Brady (1892), and David Leitch (1975).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elmore Leonard ranks 349. Before him are Bruce Sterling (1954), R. A. Salvatore (1959), Anne McCaffrey (1926), Henrietta Szold (1860), Stephenie Meyer (1973), and Jim Carroll (1949). After him are Howard Fast (1914), John Edward Williams (1922), Richard Bandler (1950), E. L. Doctorow (1931), Gregory Benford (1941), and Larry Niven (1938).

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