James Ellroy

James Ellroy (born Lee Earle Ellroy on March 4, 1948 in Los Angeles, California) is one of the world's best-selling crime writers and essayists with a unique "telegraphic" writing style, which omits words other writers would consider necessary. His books are noted for their dark humor and depiction of American authoritarianism. Other hallmarks of his work include dense plotting and a relentlessly pessimistic worldview. Ellroy has sometimes been called the "Demon Dog of American crime fiction".

Films

• 1990 Cop
• 1995 Shotgun Freeway
• 1997 L.A. Confidential
• 1998 Brown's Requiem
• 2001 James Ellroy's Feast of Death
• 2002 Stay Clean
• 2006 The Black Dahlia
• 2006 The Man Who Kept Secrets
• 2006 The Night Watchman