James Ellroy

James Ellroy

Born 1948-03-04 (age 78) Los Angeles, California, USA
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Biography

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James Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a so-called "telegraphic" 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), The Big Nowhere (1988), L.A. Confidential (1990), White Jazz (1992), American Tabloid (1995), The Cold Six Thousand (2001), and Blood's a Rover (2009).

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Known For

Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys

2000

as Wordfest Party Guest

Shadows of Suspense
White Jazz
White Jazz

1995

as Self

🎦
Stay Clean

2002

as Right

Feast of Death
Feast of Death

2001

as Self

Los Angeles Film Noir
Los Angeles Film Noir

2015

as Himself

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Vakvagany

2002

as Himself

The Truth about Black Dahlia
The Truth about Black Dahlia

2007

as archive footage

Los Angeles narrates
Ellroy vs L.A.
Ellroy vs L.A.

2025

as Self (Footage archive)

James Ellroy: American Dog