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Jul 8, 2007 · In 1994, James Ellroy, America's greatest living crime novelist, gave us this searing account of how—and why—he finally dared reopen the case of his mother's unsolved murder
Jun 9, 2015 · Join the demon dog of American crime fiction, James Ellroy, as he handpicks his favorite crime scene shots from the LAPD archives. By The Lineup Staff | Published Jun 9, 2015. The king of SoCal crime fiction has cooked up a stunning new collection of L.A. noir – literally.
Jul 27, 2001 · Her son: 10-year-old James Ellroy, the day the policeman bent down to tell him, "Son, your mother's been killed." "I had touched an unknowable horror that remained a literal mystery," he...
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Jun 24, 2015 · It was also the year that Los Angeles had a record number of homicides—and more than twice as many suicides. In the new book, “LAPD ’53,” crime and historical fiction author, James Ellroy ...
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Nov 5, 1996 · It happened in 1958 when James Ellroy was 10 years old: the body of his mother, Jean, was discovered lying in an ivy patch near the local El Monte high school, face-up in a blue dress, a...
May 23, 2004 · Ellroy’s mother was killed in El Monte on June 22, 1958. The unsolved case drove the lad inward, and some would say Ellroy -- the brilliant author and chronicler of death -- has never...
Aug 30, 1995 · On the contrary, Ellroy says he hated his mother when she died. “On my 10th birthday in March, 1958, she said, ‘Now you’re a young man. You can decide if you want to live with your dad or ...
