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James Ellroy
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born
March 04, 1948
in Los Angeles, California, The United States
gender
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"James Ellroy, LA crime novelist, welcomes the media to a preview of the newly constructed exhibit, 'Elizabeth -LAPD’s 65-year crusade to capture Beth Short’s Killer.' The exhibition features actual case materials, never before seen in public, from the Los Angeles Police Department’s 1947 investigation of Elizabeth Short’s murder. As the presenting sponsor, Ellroy will interpret the case mater...
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The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet #1)
   3.60 avg rating — 14,976 ratings
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1987
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58 editions
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L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet #3)
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1990
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37 editions
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American Tabloid (Underworld USA, #1)
4.21 avg rating — 3,504 ratings
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1995
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The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet #2)
4.05 avg rating — 2,700 ratings
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1988
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21 editions
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White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
3.88 avg rating — 2,074 ratings
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1991
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25 editions
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The Cold Six Thousand (Underworld USA, #2)
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2001
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My Dark Places
3.89 avg rating — 1,999 ratings
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1996
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Blood's a Rover (Underworld USA, #3)
3.79 avg rating — 1,069 ratings
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2009
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Clandestine
3.57 avg rating — 830 ratings
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1982
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Brown's Requiem
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1981
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Interviews
September 2009,
James Ellroy
"To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning. You have the opportunity to have a cup of coffee, write, serve God, and you may damn well meet a woman. And that's something to get out of bed for every morning. I'm a big, big, big, big romantic, and this is my most romantic novel." ...More
"To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning. You have the opportunity to have a cup of coffee, write, serve God, and you may damn well meet a woman. And that's something to get out of bed for every morning. I'm a big, big, big, big romantic, and this is my most romantic novel." ...More
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“America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose what you lacked at conception.”
― James Ellroy
― James Ellroy
“To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning.”
― James Ellroy
― James Ellroy
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| The Book Challenge: Kuutar's challenges 2009 | 26 | 88 | Dec 30, 2009 08:45am | |
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| Romance Readers R...: Read the Month Challenge: January | 162 | 246 | Feb 04, 2010 09:05am | |
| AFNI Book Club: Toni's Book Challenges 2010 | 19 | 4 | Feb 04, 2010 02:49pm | |
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