James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Underworld U.S.A Trilogy- American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood's A Rover, and the L.A. Quartet novels- The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He is the recipient of the Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. He lives in Colorado.
Epic mashups of historical fact and filthy fantasy . . . no one does it better than Ellroy * The Times, 'Best new crime fiction for September 2023' * This entire book is one gleefully violent foul-mouthed research note. It’s vivid, gripping, surreal * Spectator * No one captures the nightmare that lies behind the American dream better than the unforgettable Ellroy . . . This is the master of darkness at his incomparable best — simply impossible to put down * Daily Mail * Nobody does crime like James Ellroy . . . One of Ellroy's best works in years -- Dan Jones * Sunday Times * One of the great American writers of our time * Los Angeles Times * Ask me to name the best living novelist who's fierce, brave, funny, scatological, beautiful, convoluted, and paranoid . . . and it becomes simple: James Ellroy. If insanity illuminated by highly dangerous strokes of literary lightning is your thing, then Ellroy is your man -- Stephen King James Ellroy is the American Dostoyevsky -- Joyce Carol Oates Truly invigorating . . . demonically riveting -- Jake Kerridge * Telegraph * Highly entertaining * Irish Independent * Electrifying * Buzz Magazine * If you like conspiracy theories you’ll relish James Ellroy’s brutal, unbelievably hard-boiled take on the death of Marilyn Monroe -- William Boyd * Daily Express * I enjoyed The Enchanters, James Ellroy's sleazy, scabrous riff on the death of Marilyn Monroe -- Dan Jones * Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year *