ElmoreLeonardwroteforty-fivenovelsandnearlyasmanywesternandcrimeshortstoriesacrosshishighlysuccessfulcareerthatspannedmorethansixdecades.SomeofhisbestsellersincludeRoadDogs,UpinHoney’sRoom,TheHotKid,Mr.Paradise,TishomingoBlues,andthecriticallyacclaimedcollectionofshortstoriesFireintheHole.Manyofhisbookshavebeenmadeintomovies,includingGetShorty,OutofSight,andRumPunch,whichbecameQuentinTarantino’sJackieBrown.Justified,thehitseriesfromFX,isbasedonLeonard’scharacterRaylanGivens,whoappearsinRidingtheRap,Pronto,Raylanandtheshortstory“FireintheHole”.HewasarecipientoftheNationalBookFoundation’sMedalforDistinguishedContributiontoAmericanLetters,theLifetimeAchievementAwardfromPENUSA,andtheGrandMasterAwardoftheMysteryWritersofAmerica.Hewasknowntomanyasthe‘DickensofDetroit’andwasalong-timeresidentoftheDetroitarea.