You've seen a movie based on one of his books, I guarantee it. His work includes 45 novels, not to mention all the other writing he did, Elmore Leonard was a master of riveting fiction.
Starting with westerns in the 1950's, including 3:10 to Yuma which became a great movie - twice, he then progressed into crime novels that sketched geography and society ranging from his hometown of Detroit all the way to South America by way of Miami and even into Africa. Hollywood adored him, "Get Shorty" with John Travolta, "Rum Punch" which became the Tarantino film "Jackie Brown", there are too many to list.
Beloved by other authors, he even wrote and taught, most famously instructing authors to "leave out the parts they don't want to read". A great American storyteller and an unapologetic Detroiters, he is sorely missed.
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