Ellroy was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Geneva Odelia (née Hilliker), was a nurse, and his father, Armand, was an accountant and a onetime business manager of Rita Hayworth. After his parents' divorce, Ellroy relocated to El Monte, California with his mother. When Ellroy was 10 years old, his mother was raped and murdered. The police never found the perpetrator, and the case remains unsolved. The murder, along with reading The Badge by Jack Webb (a book comprising sensational cases from the files of the Los Angeles Police Department, a birthday gift from his father), was an important event of Ellroy's youth.
The L.A. Confidential author has a new memoir, The Hilliker Curse. James Ellroy will now take your questions.
published: 10 Sep 2010
LA Confidential author James Ellroy - coping with his mother’s murder | Ireland Unfiltered #35
Ireland Unfiltered: Dion Fanning talks to LA Confidential author, James Ellroy.
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Ellroy's life has been as dramatic and eventful as the novels he has written. He discussed obsession, God and how he found freedom from the misery.
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published: 18 Jun 2019
James Ellroy on why he denies the modern world
In this excerpt from Overheard with Evan Smith, author James Ellroy explains why he doesn't own a computer, cell phone or TV and why he still believes FDR is president.
This episode airs January 8, 2015.
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published: 05 Nov 2014
James Ellroy, la tempête intérieure
Rencontre avec un maître du polar : James Ellroy, auteur du "Dahlia noir" ou de "L.A. Confidential", nous parle de son dernier titre, "La Tempête qui vient" (Rivages/Noir, 2019).
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published: 15 Nov 2019
Entrevista a JAMES ELLROY | James Ellroy interview
James Ellroy on Blood's a Rover - The John Adams Institute
On January 24, 2010, The John Adams Institute hosted an evening with James Ellroy. Let him say it himself: “I am the greatest crime writer who ever lived.” James Ellroy writes tough, intense fiction. He has ego and style. Much of his oeuvre is set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, a hot landscape peopled by cops and bad deeds. His book, Blood’s a Rover, is the third of a trilogy that, as the New York Review of Books has it, “present a brutal counterhistory of America in the 1960s and 1970s.” People describe his style as “stripped-down,” “staccato,” “controlled.” As one reviewer aptly put it, “Ellroy writes as if driven by demons.”
Moderator: Jan Donkers
In cooperation with Uitgeverij Atlas (Amstel Publishers)
Ireland Unfiltered: Dion Fanning talks to LA Confidential author, James Ellroy.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/2ZAGrBL
Ellroy's life has been as dramatic and e...
Ireland Unfiltered: Dion Fanning talks to LA Confidential author, James Ellroy.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/2ZAGrBL
Ellroy's life has been as dramatic and eventful as the novels he has written. He discussed obsession, God and how he found freedom from the misery.
* Best Irish podcast 2019
Top podcast in Ireland
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Ireland Unfiltered: Dion Fanning talks to LA Confidential author, James Ellroy.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/2ZAGrBL
Ellroy's life has been as dramatic and eventful as the novels he has written. He discussed obsession, God and how he found freedom from the misery.
* Best Irish podcast 2019
Top podcast in Ireland
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In this excerpt from Overheard with Evan Smith, author James Ellroy explains why he doesn't own a computer, cell phone or TV and why he still believes FDR is pr...
In this excerpt from Overheard with Evan Smith, author James Ellroy explains why he doesn't own a computer, cell phone or TV and why he still believes FDR is president.
This episode airs January 8, 2015.
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In this excerpt from Overheard with Evan Smith, author James Ellroy explains why he doesn't own a computer, cell phone or TV and why he still believes FDR is president.
This episode airs January 8, 2015.
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Rencontre avec un maître du polar : James Ellroy, auteur du "Dahlia noir" ou de "L.A. Confidential", nous parle de son dernier titre, "La Tempête qui vient" (Ri...
Rencontre avec un maître du polar : James Ellroy, auteur du "Dahlia noir" ou de "L.A. Confidential", nous parle de son dernier titre, "La Tempête qui vient" (Rivages/Noir, 2019).
La Grande table Culture d’Olivia Gesbert – émission du 14 novembre 2019
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Rencontre avec un maître du polar : James Ellroy, auteur du "Dahlia noir" ou de "L.A. Confidential", nous parle de son dernier titre, "La Tempête qui vient" (Rivages/Noir, 2019).
La Grande table Culture d’Olivia Gesbert – émission du 14 novembre 2019
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Alejandro G. Calvo se ha citado con el escritor James Ellroy para hablar de su nueva novela 'Pánico'. Ellroy es el autor d...
On January 24, 2010, The John Adams Institute hosted an evening with James Ellroy. Let him say it himself: “I am the greatest crime writer who ever lived.” Jame...
On January 24, 2010, The John Adams Institute hosted an evening with James Ellroy. Let him say it himself: “I am the greatest crime writer who ever lived.” James Ellroy writes tough, intense fiction. He has ego and style. Much of his oeuvre is set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, a hot landscape peopled by cops and bad deeds. His book, Blood’s a Rover, is the third of a trilogy that, as the New York Review of Books has it, “present a brutal counterhistory of America in the 1960s and 1970s.” People describe his style as “stripped-down,” “staccato,” “controlled.” As one reviewer aptly put it, “Ellroy writes as if driven by demons.”
Moderator: Jan Donkers
In cooperation with Uitgeverij Atlas (Amstel Publishers)
On January 24, 2010, The John Adams Institute hosted an evening with James Ellroy. Let him say it himself: “I am the greatest crime writer who ever lived.” James Ellroy writes tough, intense fiction. He has ego and style. Much of his oeuvre is set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, a hot landscape peopled by cops and bad deeds. His book, Blood’s a Rover, is the third of a trilogy that, as the New York Review of Books has it, “present a brutal counterhistory of America in the 1960s and 1970s.” People describe his style as “stripped-down,” “staccato,” “controlled.” As one reviewer aptly put it, “Ellroy writes as if driven by demons.”
Moderator: Jan Donkers
In cooperation with Uitgeverij Atlas (Amstel Publishers)
Ireland Unfiltered: Dion Fanning talks to LA Confidential author, James Ellroy.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/2ZAGrBL
Ellroy's life has been as dramatic and eventful as the novels he has written. He discussed obsession, God and how he found freedom from the misery.
* Best Irish podcast 2019
Top podcast in Ireland
SUBSCRIBE to your new favourite show HERE: https://bit.ly/2D30D89
Hosted by Dion Fanning, Ireland Unfiltered features stripped-back, honest conversations with some of the biggest names in Irish entertainment, sport, politics and media. Fanning also speaks to notable international figures on some of the most important issues affecting Ireland today.
Follow our socials:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JOEdotie
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Ireland Unfiltered will be available everywhere you get your podcasts - https://bit.ly/2D30D89 - and on YouTube every Tuesday.
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#JamesEllroy #LAConfidential
In this excerpt from Overheard with Evan Smith, author James Ellroy explains why he doesn't own a computer, cell phone or TV and why he still believes FDR is president.
This episode airs January 8, 2015.
------
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Rencontre avec un maître du polar : James Ellroy, auteur du "Dahlia noir" ou de "L.A. Confidential", nous parle de son dernier titre, "La Tempête qui vient" (Rivages/Noir, 2019).
La Grande table Culture d’Olivia Gesbert – émission du 14 novembre 2019
À retrouver ici : https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/la-grande-table-1ere-partie/saison-26-08-2019-29-06-2020
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On January 24, 2010, The John Adams Institute hosted an evening with James Ellroy. Let him say it himself: “I am the greatest crime writer who ever lived.” James Ellroy writes tough, intense fiction. He has ego and style. Much of his oeuvre is set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, a hot landscape peopled by cops and bad deeds. His book, Blood’s a Rover, is the third of a trilogy that, as the New York Review of Books has it, “present a brutal counterhistory of America in the 1960s and 1970s.” People describe his style as “stripped-down,” “staccato,” “controlled.” As one reviewer aptly put it, “Ellroy writes as if driven by demons.”
Moderator: Jan Donkers
In cooperation with Uitgeverij Atlas (Amstel Publishers)
Ellroy was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Geneva Odelia (née Hilliker), was a nurse, and his father, Armand, was an accountant and a onetime business manager of Rita Hayworth. After his parents' divorce, Ellroy relocated to El Monte, California with his mother. When Ellroy was 10 years old, his mother was raped and murdered. The police never found the perpetrator, and the case remains unsolved. The murder, along with reading The Badge by Jack Webb (a book comprising sensational cases from the files of the Los Angeles Police Department, a birthday gift from his father), was an important event of Ellroy's youth.
Paris I remember a day So high from all the world That lay in front of me And maybe I just don't deserve To feel that much alive anymore But I believe in you and I Watching a million stars go by I'm infatuated with L A I remember a day When lightening struck my heart A second time But those days are gone And maybe I just don't deserve To sing along anymore But I believe in you and I Watching a million stars go by I'm infatuated with L A