James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. Quartet novels—
The Black Dahlia,
The Big Nowhere,
L.A. Confidential, and
White Jazz—were international best sellers. His novel
American Tabloid was
Time magazine’s Best Book (fiction) of 1995; his memoir,
My Dark Places, was a
Time Best Book of the Year and a
New York Times Notable Book for 1996. His novel
The Cold Six Thousand was a
New York Times Notable Book and a
Los Angeles Times Best Book for 2001. Ellroy lives in Los Angeles.
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