American crime novelist Elmore Leonard has died after a stroke last month.
The author of 45 novels, Leonard, 87, had been writing his 46th.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, he started out writing western stories before turning to crime fiction in the 1960s.
Renowned for his terse, no-nonsense style and sparse use of dialogue, his works inspired numerous screen adaptations. Hombre, 3.10 to Yuma, Get Shorty and Rum Punch were among those filmed.
Last year the National Book Federation awarded Leonard its lifetime achievement award. Other awards including the F Scott Fitzgerald award in 2008 and the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.
The BBC reports his 10 Rules of Writing, published in 2001, contained such salutary admonishments as "never open a book with weather" and "keep your exclamation points under control".