Audio Interviews with Elmore Leonard

In this 1987 interview with Don Swaim, Elmore Leonard discusses his book Touch, which he had written ten years previously but his publishers did not want to publish it thinking it would be very hard to market. Don and Elmore also discuss how writers are rejected by publishers many times and should expect rejections but be persistent in order to get published.

Listen to the Elmore Leonard interview with Don Swaim, 1987
(23 min. 03 sec.)

Elmore Leonard, author of Rum Punch, Bandits, Hombre, Get Shorty, Maximum Bob, Freaky Deaky and Killshot, talks with Don Swaim in this 1985 interview. The pair discuss Leonard's re-release of his book Dutch Treat, which coincidently was Leonard's nickname while growing up. They also discuss some of his other publications, how he goes about his research and why he quit drinking heavily.

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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in RealAudio.