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James Ellroy

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The Resume

    (March 4, 1948- )
    Born in Los Angeles, California
    Birth name is Lee Earle Ellroy
    Author of 'L.A. Confidential,' 'White Jazz,' and 'The Black Dahlia'

Why he might be annoying:

    As an attention-seeking teen, he advocated the return of slavery.
    He nearly destroyed his brain from abusing sinus medication Benzedrex.
    A Nazi rant during English class got him kicked out of high school.
    He divorced twice.
    He called the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers an 'aberration.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    The Hardy Boys inspired him to write crime fiction.
    His mother was brutally murdered in 1958.
    He channeled his frustration over his mother's unsolved killing into his novel 'The Black Dahlia.'
    He recovered from clinical depression and alcoholism.
    Several of his books were adapted into successful films.

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 53 Votes: 69.81% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 82 Votes: 34.15% Annoying