James Ellroy

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crime fiction writer human novelist screenwriter

James Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer renowned for his dark, intricately plotted L.A. Quartet novels and his stylized, staccato prose.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
James Ellroy canonical 13
Ellroy 1
Lee Earle Ellroy 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime fiction writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
birthName James Ellroy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lee Earle Ellroy
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1948-03-04 ⓘ
familyName James Ellroy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ellroy
genre crime fiction ⓘ
historical crime fiction ⓘ
noir fiction ⓘ
givenName Lee ⓘ
influencedBy classic noir fiction ⓘ
hardboiled detective fiction ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement neo-noir ⓘ
name James Ellroy self-link ⓘ
notableAutobiographicalWork My Dark Places ⓘ
notableAward Deutscher Krimi Preis ⓘ
Edgar Award ⓘ
notableSubject Los Angeles ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
police corruption ⓘ
political conspiracy ⓘ
notableWork American Tabloid ⓘ
Blood's a Rover ⓘ
Clandestine ⓘ
L.A. Confidential ⓘ
Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy ⓘ
My Dark Places ⓘ
Perfidia ⓘ
The Big Nowhere ⓘ
The Black Dahlia ⓘ
The Cold Six Thousand ⓘ
This Storm ⓘ
White Jazz ⓘ
occupation crime writer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
residence United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
series L.A. Quartet ⓘ
L.A. Quartet ⓘ
surface form: Second L.A. Quartet

Underworld USA Trilogy ⓘ
writingStyle hard-boiled noir ⓘ
staccato prose ⓘ
telegraphic sentences ⓘ

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L.A. Confidential → authorOfSourceWork → James Ellroy ⓘ
The Black Dahlia → authorOfSourceWork → James Ellroy ⓘ
James Ellroy → name → James Ellroy self-link ⓘ
James Ellroy → birthName → James Ellroy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lee Earle Ellroy
James Ellroy → familyName → James Ellroy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellroy
Ed Exley → createdBy → James Ellroy ⓘ
Bud White → creator → James Ellroy ⓘ
Jack Vincennes → creator → James Ellroy ⓘ
Lee Blanchard → creator → James Ellroy ⓘ
Lee Blanchard → authorOfWork → James Ellroy ⓘ
Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert → createdBy → James Ellroy ⓘ
Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert → creator → James Ellroy ⓘ
Lynn Bracken → createdBy → James Ellroy ⓘ
Madeleine Linscott → createdBy → James Ellroy ⓘ
Jack Vincennes in L.A. Confidential → createdBy → James Ellroy ⓘ
subject surface form: Jack Vincennes