Elmore Leonard dead at 87

[getbak]

One of my favourite authors.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/b...at-87/2676101/

Elmore Leonard, best known for gritty crime novels including Get Shorty and shoot-'em up Westerns including the short story 3:10 to Yuma, died Tuesday morning from complications from a stroke. He was 87.

Most recently, Leonard was in the news for his connection to the FX series Justified, which stars Timothy Olyphant as disgraced U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens. The show is based on Leonard's short story, Fire in the Hole.

Leonard died at his home in Bloomfield Village, Mich., "surrounded by his loving family," Michael Morrison, president and publisher of HarperCollins, said in a statement.

"It feels not in keeping with Elmore's 'no fuss' persona to try to pay tribute to this great man. But Elmore was a true legend --unpretentious, unbelievably talented and the coolest dude in the room," Morrison said.

[PsYcNeT]

Weak. Best post-noir writer of his generation.