Novelist Elmore Leonard to receive lifetime achievement award from PEN USA
By APWednesday, September 30, 2009
Novelist Leonard to receive PEN USA award
LOS ANGELES — Novelist Elmore Leonard will receive PEN USA’s lifetime achievement award at a December ceremony.
Leonard, 83, has written over 40 westerns, crime novels and mysteries, including “The Bounty Hunters,” ”Road Dogs” and “Cuba Libre.”
Many of his books — notably “Out of Sight,” ”Get Shorty” and “Be Cool” — have been made into films.
Past recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award include Ray Bradbury, Woody Allen, Betty Friedan and Gore Vidal.
PEN USA is a Los Angeles-based professional writers organization.
The group’s 19th Annual Literary Awards Festival will be held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Dec. 2.
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