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Also Known As	Lee Earle Ellroy
Born	March 4, 1948 (age 76) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works	“American Tabloid” • “Blood’s a Rover” • “Brown’s Requiem” • “L.A. Confidential” • “L.A. Quartet” • “Perfidia” • “The Big Nowhere” • “The Black Dahlia” • “The Cold Six Thousand” • “This Storm” • “White Jazz” • “Widespread Panic”

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