Links:

    -WIKIPEDIA: James Ellroy
    -AUTHOR SITE: JamesEllroy.net
    -PROFILE: How a Former LAPD Detective Became the ‘Godfather’ to L.A. Crime Writers: From inspiring elements of Michael Connelly’s Bosch to advising James Ellroy, Detective Rick Jackson has been a force on and off the police force ( Miles Corwin -February 5, 2021, L. A. Magazine)
    -INTERVIEW: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JAMES ELLROY: Steven Powell's new work on Ellroy is an ambitious biography and a fascinating glimpse into the mind of "the Demon Dog." (ANDREW NETTE, 2/10/23, Crime Reads)
    -PROFILE: Rhapsody in Noir – On James Ellroy: The Celebrated US Author Created a Genre of His Own (Bartzissey, 7/04/2025, Cafe Americain)
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    -ESSAY: The Mixed Legacy of James Ellroy: A life of crime fiction. (Mark Dunbar, 2/28/23, Hedgehog Review)

Original links:     -Ellroy.com (Author Site)
    -EXCERPT : from Crime Wave by James Ellroy (Bold Type)
    -ESSAY : Kansas confidential :  A poet of the twisted mind, James Ellroy is the author of brutal noir thrillers. His new book is just as dark, but aims a lot higher - at the Great American Novel. Lewis Jones meets him in Kansas City (Daily Telegraph)
    -INTERVIEW : Out of the dark :  James Ellroy, the bad boy of US literature, is mellowing. He has found a 'profound' woman and banished his demons, he tells Edward Helmore (The Guardian)
    -INTERVIEW : James Ellroy: In His Own Words (Random House)
    -INTERVIEW : Oedipus Wreck (Salon)
    -INTERVIEW : January 17, 1997 interview with James Ellroy, writer  of L.A. Confidential (World Guide)
    -INTERVIEW : Who killed Jean Ellroy? (Allen Barra, Interview)
    -INTERVIEW : Call Me Dog : An interview with James Ellroy by Paul Duncan  (Richmond Review)
    -INTERVIEW : SPLICEDwire: James Ellroy interview
    -INTERVIEW : (John Krewson , The Onion)
    -INTERVIEW:   James Ellroy  "Noir is a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go."  (Beatrice)
    -INTERVIEW:   James Ellroy  "This book was ordained even before I saw my mother's file..  (Beatrice)
    -INTERVIEW : Underworld USA : James Ellroy talks (Kristine McKenna, LA Weekly)
    -CHAT TRANSCRIPT : James Ellroy (TIME.com)
    -PROFILE :  JAMES ELLROY (1948-) (Guardian Unlimited uk)
    -PROFILE : THE REAL PULP FICTION : James Ellroy calls his rude, violent, breakthrough novel American Tabloid a "sewer crawl" through history. His own life has been no walk in the park (PAUL GRAY, April 10, 1995, TIME)
    -Ellroy Confidential
    -Ellroy, James (altculture)
    -James Ellroy (Notes in the Margin)
    -James Ellroy links - The Mysterious Home Page
    -ARCHIVES : "Ellroy" (Salon)
    -ARCHIVES : "Ellroy" (NY Review of Books)
    -ARCHIVES : "James Ellroy" (Find Articles)
    -ARCHIVES : Demon Dog Central : James Ellroy resources at The Richmond Review and beyond
    -LINKS :   James Ellroy (Guardian Unlimited)
    -REVIEW : of BLACK DAHLIA by James Ellroy (1987) (Betsy Brown, NY Times Book Review)
    -REVIEW : of BLACK DAHLIA by James Ellroy (1987) (Newgate Callendar, NY Times Book Review)
    -REVIEW : of Black Dahlia (Mystery Guide)
    -REVIEW : of THE BIG NOWHERE By James Ellroy (1988) (Sarah Schulman, NY Times Book Review)
    -REVIEW : of Crime Wave Reportage and Fiction From the Underside of L.A. By James Ellroy (1999) (Charles Salzberg, NY Times Book Review)
    -REVIEW : of My Dark Places An L.A. Crime Memoir. By James Ellroy (1996) (MICHIKO KAKUTANI, NY Times)
    -REVIEW : of My Dark Places An L.A. Crime Memoir. By James Ellroy (1996) (Bruce Jay Friedman , NY Times Book Review)
    -REVIEW : of My Dark Places (Charles Taylor , Salon)
    -REVIEW : of My Dark Places (Dominique Baldy, The Guardian )
    -REVIEW : of My Dark Places (The I)
    -REVIEW : of My Dark Places (New Statesman,  Carole Angier)
    -REVIEW : of My Dark Places (Charles Wyrick, Book Page)
    -REVIEW : of American Tabloid (Complete Review)
    -REVIEW : of AMERICAN TABLOID By James Ellroy (1995) (JANET MASLIN , NY Times)
    -REVIEW : of AMERICAN TABLOID By James Ellroy (William T. Vollmann, NY Times Book Review)
    -REVIEW : May 11, 1995 Luc Sante: Low Lifes, NY Review of Books
       American Tabloid by James Ellroy
    -REVIEW : of American Tabloid (Mystery Guide)
    -REVIEW : of American Tabloid (Richard Pendleton, Spike)
    -REVIEW : of WHITE JAZZ By James Ellroy (1992) (Wendy Lesser, NY Times Book Review)
    -REVIEW : Crime Wave by James Ellroy (Frances Fyfield, booksonline uk)
    -REVIEW : of Crime Wave (Greg Bottoms, Gadfly)
    -REVIEW : of The Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy (Tom Cox, The Guardian)
    -REVIEW : of Cold Six Thousand (Chris Lehmann, Washington Post)
    -REVIEW : of The Cold Six Thousand (Independent uk)
    -REVIEW : of The Cold Six Thousand (Edward Helmore, The Age)
    -BOOK LIST : Hard Boiled : Five great noir novels from the post-Chandler generations : The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy  (David Bowman, Salon)
    -BOOK LIST : Gritty city : The author of "One Woman Short" and "Hip Hop America" picks five great urban books : White Jazz by James Ellroy (Nelson George, Salon)
 

FILMS :
    -FILMOGRAPHY : James Ellroy (Imdb)
    -PROFILE : WATCHING MOVIES WITH / CURTIS HANSON :  Curtis Hanson: A Dark Lesson in Trust (RICK LYMAN, NY Times)
    -PROFILE : BLOOD & THUNDER : Cult Mystery Author JAMES ELLROY's Tough, Bloody Vision at Last Makes It to the Screen With Warner Bros.' "L.A. CONFIDENTIAL"
(Ray Greene, Box Office Online)
    -REVIEW : of LA Confidential (Rob Blackelder, Spliced)
 

BLACK DAHLIA :
    -The Black Dahlia Web Site
    -Black Dahlia (Crime Library)

Recommended books by James Ellroy :
    -Brown s Requiem (1981)
    -The Big Nowhere (1988)
    -LA Confidential (1994)
    -American Tabloid (1996)
    -My Dark Places : An L.A. Crime Memoir (1997)