Elmore Leonard Honored by PEN

October 01, 2009

Elmore Leonard Honored by PEN

We're delighted to learn, courtesy of the New York Times, that PEN USA has announced that it will be bestowing its Lifetime Achievement Award upon Elmore Leonard at a ceremony to be held in Beverly Hills in early December. If you missed our interview with the octogenarian author, published a few months back, you'll find it here.

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