Picket Line,” which was inspired by Cesar Chavez and his union campaigns, has been published for the first time.

Every writer has cast-offs, chunks of writing that for one reason or another never quite made the cut. Few literary cast-offs are as good as "Charlie Martz and Other Stories: The Unpublished Stories," ...

I never wanted to be Raymond Chandler. I wanted to be Philip Marlowe. I never wanted to be Ross Macdonald. I wanted to be Lew Archer. Elmore Leonard was the only author I ever wanted to be. Leonard ...

Elmore Leonard, one of America’s best known crime novelists, died Tuesday morning due to complications from a stroke, according to Leonard’s Facebook page and his longtime researcher at the Detroit ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - As he struggled writing his forthcoming book, "Blue Dreams," best-selling American author Elmore Leonard thought his 47th novel would probably be his last. Then, inspiration came ...

Very few literary reputations have ever stood higher than Elmore Leonard's did at his death, in 2013. Among his fellow crime novelists he was an acknowledged master, but writers usually unconnected to ...

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DETROIT (AP) - Elmore Leonard, the beloved crime novelist whose acclaimed best-sellers and the movies made from them chronicled the violent deaths of many a thug and conman, has died. He was 87.

The memorial services for Elmore Leonard, who died earlier this month at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, drew hundreds of people bidding farewell to the late author. Some 325 family, friends ...

DETROIT — Acclaimed crime novelist Elmore Leonard is recovering at a hospital following a stroke last week. Leonard's longtime researcher, Gregg Sutter, said Tuesday that family members are guardedly ...

Author Peter Leonard doesn’t worry about being in his late father, Elmore “Dutch” Leonard’s, long shadow. “Every review I’ve gotten mentions him. It still goes on 10 years after my first book was ...