Ella Leffland

Ella Leffland (born November 25, 1931 [ Garrison Keillor, [http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/programs/1996/11/25/index.html "Saturday, 25 November, 1996"] . "Writer's Almanac", November 25, 1996] ) is an American novelist and short story writer. Though the themes of her early works dealt with California, where she grew up, she is perhaps best known for her historic novel based on the life of Hermann Göring, "The Knight, Death, and The Devil", published in 1990.

Leffland was born and raised in Martinez, California. She attended San Jose State University.Her story "Last Courtesies", published in "Harper's Magazine", won the O. Henry Award in 1974. She has written five novels and a collection of short stories, including "Rumors of Peace" (1979) (about a young girl's coming of age in a small California town during World War II) and "Mrs. Munck" (1970), a gothic tale of a woman's vengeance on the man who abandoned her decades before, made into a film adapted, directed, and starring Diane Ladd [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113865/ IMDB listing] ] ). She has also written book reviews for "The New York Times Book Review"

She lives in San Francisco. [HarperCollins Web site (accessed 15 January 2006 [http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/5755/Ella_Leffland/index.aspx] ]

Bibliography

* "Mrs. Munck" (1970)
* "Love Out of Season" (1974)
* "Rumors of Peace" (1979)
* "Last Courtesies and Other Stories" (1980)
* "The Knight, Death, and The Devil" (1990)
* "Breath and Shadows" (1999)

References

External links

*Reading group guide to " Breath and Shadows" [http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides/breath_and_shadows.asp]
*"New York Times" book reviews of " The Knight, Death, and The Devil" by Thomas Keneally ( [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4DB113CF932A25751C0A966958260 "The Fuhrer's Right-Hand Man"] ) and by Herbert Mitgang ( [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7D8123AF937A25750C0A966958260 "The Life and Times of Goring, as Fiction"] )