James Ellroy

James Ellroy (b. 1948) is one of the world's best-selling crime writers and essayists with a unique "telegraphic" writing style, which punches out words other writers would consider necessary. His books are noted for their dark humor and depiction of American authoritarianism.

Bibliography:

• 1981 Brown's Requiem
• 1982 Clandestine
• 1984 Blood on the Moon
• 1984 Because the Night
• 1985 Suicide Hill
• 1986 Killer on the Road Also published as Silent Terror
• 1987 The Black Dahlia
• 1988 The Big Nowhere
• 1990 L.A. Confidential
• 1992 White Jazz
• 1994 Hollywood Nocturnes
• 1995 American Tabloid
• 1996 My Dark Places
• 1999 Killer on the Road
• 2001 The Cold Six Thousand