James Ellroy, author portrait
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James Ellroy

JAMES ELLROY was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: American TabloidThe Cold Six Thousand, and Blood's a Rover, and the L.A. Quartet novels: The Black DahliaThe Big NowhereL.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He lives in Colorado.
Killer on the Road
The Big Nowhere
The Black Dahlia
The Enchanters
Widespread Panic
Clandestine
Brown's Requiem
This Storm
The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume II
The L.A. Quartet
The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume I
Perfidia
L.A. Confidential
The Hilliker Curse
Blood's A Rover
Hollywood Nocturnes
Suicide Hill
Because the Night
Blood on the Moon
Destination: Morgue!
The Cold Six Thousand
White Jazz
American Tabloid
Crime Wave
My Dark Places

Books

Killer on the Road
The Big Nowhere
The Black Dahlia
The Enchanters
Widespread Panic
Clandestine
Brown's Requiem
This Storm
The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume II
The L.A. Quartet
The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume I
Perfidia
L.A. Confidential
The Hilliker Curse
Blood's A Rover
Hollywood Nocturnes
Suicide Hill
Because the Night
Blood on the Moon
Destination: Morgue!
The Cold Six Thousand
White Jazz
American Tabloid
Crime Wave
My Dark Places

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