Chip Kidd is one of the greatest living graphic designers. He has designed book covers for not just Elmore Leonard, but Michael Crichton, Cormac McCarthy, Haruki Murakami, Anne Rice, David Sedaris, John Updike, James Ellroy, and so many more.

He joins us to share a little bit about his approach to designing iconic book covers, how he started working with Elmore, and writing his own novels.

Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard

Music by: Greg Ahee

Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin

Executive Producer: Peter Leonard

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There are few people who have worked with Elmore Leonard as closely as Michael Siegel. While he didn't write the books, Michael was an integral part of several of Elmore's books get turned into some fantastic movies, including Get Shorty, Jackie Brown and Out of Sight.

He joins Judd to talk about how he got his start in the entertainment industry working for another legend - H.N. Swanson, and what it meant to to work with Elmore for over 20 years.

Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard

Music by: Greg Ahee

Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin

Executive Producer: Peter Leonard

www.elmoreleonardofficial.com

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There were ten rules to recording to this podcast about SWAG - what many Elmore Leonard fans consider their favorite novel, but don't expect Judd and Alex to follow many of them for long.

Join them to discuss this amazing book, hear about Elmore's days by the pool, and debate what it was that Elmore figured out by writing this book.

Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard

Music by: Greg Ahee

Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin

Executive Producer: Peter Leonard

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C.M. Kushins has written acclaimed biographies of music legends Warren Zevon and John Bonham. He has now written about another legend - Elmore Leonard, in the upcoming biography COOLER THAN COOL. He joins Judd to talk about empathy, his time in a Buddhist monastery, and what it's like to not just meet your hero, but have the responsibility of writing about him.

Cooler Than Cool can be pre-ordered by clicking HERE.

To learn more about Elmore, visit: https://www.elmoreleonardofficial.com

Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard

Music by: Greg Ahee

Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin

Executive Producer: Peter Leonard

www.elmoreleonardofficial.com

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Elmore Leonard is one of the great writers of modern fiction.

In the inaugural episode of The Elmore Leonard Podcast, your hosts Alex Leonard and Judd Rubin hop on an Islands Air flight take a big swig of RUM PUNCH, and revisit the classic novel. Along the way, we hear about Elmore's fake ID, what about it made Quentin Tarantino want to turn it into Jackie Brown (we think), and how it redefines another Elmore Leonard classic, The Switch.

This episode is dedicated to James Harry Landino.

To learn more about Elmore, please visit https://www.elmoreleonardofficial.com.

Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard

Music by: Greg Ahee

Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin

Executive Producer: Peter Leonard

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The Elmore Leonard Podcast explores the work and life of one of our greatest novelists: Elmore Leonard.

We will interview those who knew him and his work best, and also dive deep into the novels, the short stories and the invisible threads that tie them together. If you've read the books and seen the adaptations, we've got a lot to talk about. And if you haven't, get to work.

Either way, subscribe to The Elmore Leonard Podcast today.

Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard

Music by: Greg Ahee

Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin

Executive Producer: Peter Leonard

www.elmoreleonardofficial.com

Let's talk: [email protected]