Crime Novelist Elmore Leonard Has Died

This morning on Elmore Leonard's Facebook page …

The post I dreaded to write, and you dreaded to read. Elmore passed away at 7:15 this morning from complications from his stroke. He was at home surrounded by his loving family. More to follow.

Leonard, who was 87, is probably most widely known for the film adaptations of his novels, including Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Rum Punch (filmed as Jackie Brown). More recently, FX Networks developed Justified, a drama centered on one of his characters, Raylan Givens, played by Timothy Olyphant. Leonard wrote a companion book to the series, simply titled Raylan, which was published last year by William Morrow.

Elmore Leonard is survived by his wife, five children, twelve grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.