COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Choice samples from a vast collection of handwritten notebooks, typed manuscripts and screenplays by the late best-selling crime novelist Elmore Leonard are going on display at the University of South Carolina.
The author of novels such as "Get Shorty," ''Three-Ten to Yuma," and "Glitz" was renowned for his sparse prose, oddball characters and crime writing with a cool flavor. University of South Carolina Dean of University Libraries Tom McNally said Leonard wanted his papers to go to USC, which has an archive of modern American writers.
Highlights of the collection going on display Wednesday at the Thomas Cooper Library include many manuscripts in Leonard's own hand, written on custom-made, unlined yellow pads.
The collection includes drafts of his more than 40 novels, his research notes, movie scripts and personal photographs.
