Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard is an American writer. He is primarily an author of fiction but has several screen writing credits. Film adaptations of his work include Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Jackie Brown.
==Biography==
Elmore John Leonard Jr. (born October 11, 1925), better known as Elmore Leonard, is an American novelist and screenwriter. His earliest published novels in the 1950s were westerns, but Leonard went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. 
Among his best-known works are Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Hombre, Mr. Majestyk and Rum Punch, which was filmed as Jackie Brown. Leonard's short stories include ones that became the films 3:10 to Yuma and The Tall T.
On August 20, 2013, Leonard died from complications following a stroke. 
==Stories==
Year	Story 	Film Adaptation
1953	Three-Ten to Yuma	1957 - 3:10 to Yuma 2007 - 3:10 to Yuma
1955	The Captives 	1957 - The Tall T
==Screenplays==
Year	Title 	Director 	Co-writers
1970	The Moonshine War 	Richard Quine 	
1972	Joe Kidd 	John Sturges 	
1974	Mr. Majestyk 	Richard Fleischer 	
1980	High Noon, Part II (TV)	Jerry Jameson 	
1985	Stick 	Burt Reynolds 	Joseph Stinson
1986	52 Pick-Up 	John Frankenheimer	John Steppling
1987	The Rosary Murders 	Fred Walton 	William X. Kienzle & Fred Walton
1987	Desperado (TV series) 	Virgil W. Vogel 	
1989	Cat Chaser 	Abel Ferrara 	James Borelli
		
==External links==
* Leonard website
* Elmore Leonard on Justified Wiki