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.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 10:25
