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Optioned by Hollywood

Who has had more of his books optioned by Hollywood than any other living writer?  What's your guess?

A recent installment of The Writer's Almanac reveals that it is Elmore Leonard:

...born in New Orleans (1925), who published 22 novels before he had his first best-seller in 1985 with his novel Glitz. His books didn't catch on right away because, unlike most crime novels, they weren't mysteries, they didn't have a recurring detective as a hero, and they were more about the characters than the plot.

More of Elmore Leonard's books have been optioned by Hollywood than those of any other living novelist. Nineteen of them have become movies, but he thinks only three or four of those movies are any good.

A listing of the novels made into films:

Comments

Funny, I haven't seen more than 2 or 3 myself. I guess the key word is optioned because Stephen King has far many more movies made out of his works than Leonard.

There are 19 films or TV movies in the list above...so almost all of the 22 were actually made into movies. Don't know how many of SK's have been. More than 19?

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