The Elmore Leonard Podcast

Eli Cranor is the Edgar Award-winning author of Don't Know Tough, as well as Ozark Dogs, Broiler, and most recently Mississippi Blue 42. He is the Arkansas Tech University Writer in Residence, not to mention a Swedish Football Champion. 
Eli joins us to talk Elmore, fiction, great mentors, and so much more. 
https://www.elicranor.com
https://www.lemuriabooks.com
Credits: 
Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard
Music by: Greg Ahee
Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin
Executive Producer: Peter Leonard
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Michael Connelly is one of our great working novelists. His Harry Bosch novels have been published into dozens of languages, and have spawned three television series, BOSCH, BOSCH: LEGACY, and BALLARD (all on Amazon Prime). His novel THE LINCOLN LAWYER has been adapted into a feature film as well as a television series (Netflix). His accolades include the Edgar Award For Best First Novel, the CWA Diamond Dagger award, the Outstanding Contribution To Crime Writing Award from the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, England, and in 2023 he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.
His latest novel, IRONWOOD, will be released on May 19, 2026.
We discuss Elmore, jazz, James Ellroy, getting lucky, writing at night, Twin Peaks, and more. Please enjoy. 
Links: 
www.michaelconnelly.com
www.killerinthecode.com  
Credits: 
Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard
Music by: Greg Ahee
Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin
Executive Producer: Peter Leonard
Let's talk:
www.elmoreleonardofficial.com
X: @elmorepodcast
IG: @ElmoreLeonardInc
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CARL HIAASEN is a best-selling and award-winning author and journalist. His novels include Tourist Season, Strip Tease, Skin Tight and the recently released Fever Beach. Adaptations of his work include Strip Tease (starring Demi Moore, Burt Reynolds, and Ving Rhames), Hoot (starring Brie Larson, Logan Lerman, and Luke Wilson) and Bad Monkey, starring Vince Vaughn and now streaming on Apple.  
He joins the podcast to share what it was like collaborating with Elmore (as well as Jimmy Buffet and Warren Zevon), explain what makes Florida so magnetic, and tell us about that time he set up Elmore on national television. 
www.carlhiaasen.com
The new Jim Harrison biography Carl mentions can be found HERE.
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Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard
Music by: Greg Ahee
Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin
Executive Producer: Peter Leonard
Let's talk:
www.elmoreleonardofficial.com
X: @elmorepodcast
IG: @ElmoreLeonardInc
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Alex and Judd dive deep into PRONTO - the first book of Elmore Leonard's to feature Raylan Givens, the central character of FX's Justified. 
They discuss how Elmore auditioned one of his greatest characters, what Raylan cares about most, and also touch on the moral decay and lack of respect among the youth. 
Also, Judd spoils the ending to the 1993 Tom Cruise movie, The Firm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJaABnINadM
Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard
Music by: Greg Ahee
Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin
Executive Producer: Peter Leonard
Let's talk:
www.elmoreleonardofficial.com
X: @elmorepodcast
IG: @ElmoreLeonardInc
[email protected]

Alex R. Johnson is an author and filmmaker. His debut novel Brooklyn Motto was published this year and his film Two Step, premiered at the SXSW Film Festival. He joins the podcast to talk Elmore and tell us what it's like to jump between film and books, learn from Jonathan Demme, and grow up in a house of spies. 
https://haciendafilmsinc.com
Guest: Alex R. Johnson
Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard
Music by: Greg Ahee
Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin
Executive Producer: Peter Leonard
Let's talk:
www.elmoreleonardofficial.com
X: @elmorepodcast
IG: @ElmoreLeonardInc
[email protected]