James Ellroy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

James Ellroy

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1948

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: screenwriter, writer, novelist, autobiographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist.
Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987), The Big Nowhere (1988), L.A.
Confidential (1990), White Jazz (1992), American Tabloid (1995), The Cold Six Thousand (2001), and Blood's a Rover (2009).