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James Ellroy
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American novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist (born 1948)
OverviewAI-generated
James Ellroy is an American male author who began his professional work period in 1981. Born on 4 March 1948, he is associated with the United States. His bibliography includes titles such as *L. A. Confidential*, *Killer on the Road*, *Loco por Donna*, *Red Sheet*, and *The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time*.
Open Library records indicate that Ellroy has 65 works, while Crossref lists five. He maintains an official website and has a presence on Last.fm, where he has 447 listeners and 24,261 plays. MusicBrainz categorizes him as a person with genres including German audiobooks. Additionally, his name is referenced by 370 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 4 March 1948
- Works
- 65
Top works
- Loco por Donna
- Killer on the Road
- L. A. Confidential
- Red Sheet
- The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1948-03-04
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 447
- Total plays
- 24,261
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+Ellroy">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,107x
- Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations
· 1976 · cited 68,300x
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,877x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,538x
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,718x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Lee Earle Ellroy , ( 1948-03-04 ) March 4, 1948 (age 78) , Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Crime writer , essayist
- Education
- Fairfax High School (expelled)
- Genre
- Crime fiction , historical fiction , mystery fiction , noir fiction
- Years active
- 1981–present
- Notable works
- Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy L.A. Quartet Underworld USA Trilogy My Dark Places
- Spouse
- Mary Doherty ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1991 ) Helen Knode ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. October 4, 1991</span>"}]]}'>1991 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2006 )
- Partner
- Erika Schickel (sep.)
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1965 (3 months)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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) and L.A. Confidential (1990).
Life
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