James Ellroy

James Ellroy
Ellroy in 2011
Born	Lee Earle Ellroy (1948-03-04) March 4, 1948 (age 76) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Crime writer, essayist
Education	Fairfax High School (expelled)
Genre	Crime fiction, historical fiction, mystery fiction, noir fiction
Years active	1981–present
Notable works	Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy L.A. Quartet Underworld USA Trilogy My Dark Places
Spouse	Mary Doherty ​ ​ (m. 1988; div. 1991)​ [1] Helen Knode ​ ​ (m. 1991; div. 2006)​
Partner	Erika Schickel (sep.)
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1965 (3 months)
Website
jamesellroy.net

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,^[2] and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987) and L.A. Confidential (1990).