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 Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s A Rover; and the L.A. Quartet novels: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He is also the author of two other Freddy Otash novels, Widespread Panic and The Enchanters. He was awarded the 2022 Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. He lives in Colorado.
Red Sheet
Killer on the Road
L.A. Confidential
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 Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume I
The L.A. Quartet
Perfidia
The Hilliker Curse
Blood's A Rover
Hollywood Nocturnes
Suicide Hill
Because the Night
Blood on the Moon
Destination: Morgue!
The Cold Six Thousand
American Tabloid
White Jazz
Crime Wave
My Dark Places

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Books

Red Sheet
Killer on the Road
L.A. Confidential
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 Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume I
The L.A. Quartet
Perfidia
The Hilliker Curse
Blood's A Rover
Hollywood Nocturnes
Suicide Hill
Because the Night
Blood on the Moon
Destination: Morgue!
The Cold Six Thousand
American Tabloid
White Jazz
Crime Wave
My Dark Places

Events

Mon Jun 08 | 07:30 PM
Warwick's
7812 Girard Avenue
La Jolla, CA 92037
Google Map

Tue Jun 09 | 07:00 PM
Chevalier's Books
133 N Larchmont Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Google Map

Wed Jun 10 | 07:00 PM
Vroman's
695 E Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Google Map

Thu Jun 11 | 06:00 PM
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Google Map

Fri Jun 12 | 07:00 PM
Kepler's
1010 EL CAMINO REAL
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Google Map

Thu Jun 18 | 06:00 PM
Tattered Cover
2526 E. Colfax Ave
Denver, CO 80206
Google Map

Mon Jun 22 | 07:30 PM
92NY
1395 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10128
Google Map

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