The legendary L.A. crime writer is out with his 18th novel - some harsh words for Dalton Trumbo and high praise for Elia Kazan and Richard Nixon.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James Ellroy walked onstage Saturday in teal slacks, a bubble-gum pink button-up and white Converse sneakers, motioning for the ...

Freddy Otash, the human train wreck at the heart of James Ellroy’s new novel, “Widespread Panic,” has a confession to make. Many confessions, actually. At least that’s how Ellroy, the dean of Los ...

James Ellroy says he was home, alone on a rainy Saturday night, looking out his apartment window and bemoaning his lack of a girlfriend at the time, when the idea for his next book hit him like a ...

A bestselling writer with a new novel coming out is scheduled for a meet-and-greet at a local shop.

James Ellroy's new novel, Blood's a Rover, concludes his "Underworld USA" crime trilogy. In crime writer James Ellroy's world, every conspiracy theory you ever heard about the 1960s was true — and ...

James Ellroy is the rare author who can straddle mass popularity and critical acclaim. His novels of noir (most famously L.A. Confidential) are densely plotted, brutal and downright dark. He’s even ...

EXCLUSIVE: Audible has snapped up the rights to three podcasts from Audio Up – two series created by James Ellroy, the Demon Dog of American literature, and The Playboy Interviews. The Amazon-owned ...

James Ellroy says he was home, alone on a rainy Saturday night, looking out his apartment window and bemoaning his lack of a girlfriend at the time, when the idea for his next book hit him like a ...

James Ellroy walked onstage Saturday in teal slacks, a bubble-gum pink button-up and white Converse sneakers, motioning for the L.A. Times Festival of Books audience to keep up its roar of applause ...