Conversations with James Ellroy

Contents

vii Contents Introduction ix Chronology xiii An Interview with James Ellroy 3 Duane Tucker/1984 Don Swaim’s Interview of James Ellroy 11 Don Swaim/1987 James Ellroy 20 Fleming Meeks/1990 Doctor Noir 25 Martin Kihn/1992 Interview with a Hepcat 36 Brad Wieners/1995 Mad Dog and Glory: A Conversation with James Ellroy 40 Charles L. P. Silet/1995 The Beatrice Interview: 1995 53 Ron Hogan/1995 James Ellroy: Barking 61 Paul Duncan/1996 Dead Women Owned His Soul 92 Jesse Sublett/1997 “Confidential” Commentary 99 Rob Blackwelder/1997 viii CONTENTS Lunch and Tea with James Ellroy 104 M. G. Smout/2001 James Ellroy: The Tremor of Intent 114 Craig McDonald/2001 Interview: James Ellroy 125 Keith Phipps/2004 James Ellroy: To Live and Die in L.A. 132 Craig McDonald/2006 James Ellroy: The Black Dahlia, L.A. Confidential 149 Peter Canavese/2006 Engaging the Horror 158 Steven Powell/2008 Coda for Crime Fiction 169 Steven Powell/2008 James Ellroy: The Art of Fiction 176 Nathaniel Rich/2008 The Romantic’s Code 189 Steven Powell/2009 James Ellroy Previews Blood’s a Rover 201 Art Taylor/2009 Star of the Noir: An Audience with L.A. Confidential Author James Ellroy 205 Alix Sharkey/2009 James Ellroy and David Peace in Conversation 212 David Peace/2010 Index 219 ...