NEW YORK - MAY 8: Writer Elmore Leonard promotes his latest mystery novel "Up In Honey's Room" to an audience at Barnes & Noble book store on May 8, 2007 in New York City. The novel takes place during WW ll and includes escaped Nazis running around Detroit. Many in the audience brought their Elmore Leonard collections for the author's autograph. Most well known for his fine use of dialogue, Leonard has written over 30 novels in his long career that began in the early 1950's. Many of his titles have been adapted into Hollywood movies with George Clooney staring in "Out of Sight," John Travolta in "Get Shorty," and Quentin Tarantino directing " Jackie Brown." (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
