Author Elmore Leonard Created a U.S. Marshal Who Will Live On
Alan Stamm ticklethewire.com BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Elmore Leonard, the acclaimed crime novelist who died Tuesday morning, imagined characters who behave and sound like believable law breakers and law enforcers. His best-known plot stars include Raylan Givens, a deputy U.S. marshal on page and screen. Leonard, who died at 87 in his suburban Detroit home from…