Listen "Elmore Leonard"
Episode Synopsis
He wants famously said that his writing was so crisp and tight because he simply left out the parts that people usually skip over.
During a writing career that spanned more than seven decades, Elmore "Dutch" Leonard produced scores of novels that established his reputation as one of America's foremost and most popular storytellers of the second half of the 20th century.
I first met Elmore Leonard in 1986, and interviewed him every year or two for the next 20 years.
In 1990 we had a conversation about his newest novel, the interview you're about to hear. The book we're talking about: Get Shorty, which later became a hugely popular movie.
During a writing career that spanned more than seven decades, Elmore "Dutch" Leonard produced scores of novels that established his reputation as one of America's foremost and most popular storytellers of the second half of the 20th century.
I first met Elmore Leonard in 1986, and interviewed him every year or two for the next 20 years.
In 1990 we had a conversation about his newest novel, the interview you're about to hear. The book we're talking about: Get Shorty, which later became a hugely popular movie.
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