Gregg Sutter
@gpsutter.bsky.social
I was Elmore Leonard’s researcher for 32.5 years. Author of I’d Kill to Have Your Job: Getting the Goods for Elmore Leonard. Celebrating his Centennial 1925–2025. Archivist and storyteller. Visit elmoreleonard.com for 25 years of stories and research.
gpsutter.substack.com. DutchFest tomorrow.
October 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
gpsutter.substack.com. DutchFest tomorrow.
Join me on Substack on October 11th to celebrate Dutch’s 100th Birthday. I will be joined by many of his friends who will tell their stories about Dutch. More details soon, as I finalize the guest list.
gpsutter.substack.com
gpsutter.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Join me on Substack on October 11th to celebrate Dutch’s 100th Birthday. I will be joined by many of his friends who will tell their stories about Dutch. More details soon, as I finalize the guest list.
gpsutter.substack.com
gpsutter.substack.com
The Real Chili Palmer Hits Hollywood
Travolta’s character in Get Shorty was based on Ernesto “Chili” Palmer, who helped Elmore Leonard and me with research in South Florida and became our good friend.
Full story + photo gallery now on Substack: gpsutter.substack.com
Travolta’s character in Get Shorty was based on Ernesto “Chili” Palmer, who helped Elmore Leonard and me with research in South Florida and became our good friend.
Full story + photo gallery now on Substack: gpsutter.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The Real Chili Palmer Hits Hollywood
Travolta’s character in Get Shorty was based on Ernesto “Chili” Palmer, who helped Elmore Leonard and me with research in South Florida and became our good friend.
Full story + photo gallery now on Substack: gpsutter.substack.com
Travolta’s character in Get Shorty was based on Ernesto “Chili” Palmer, who helped Elmore Leonard and me with research in South Florida and became our good friend.
Full story + photo gallery now on Substack: gpsutter.substack.com
Read the lost backstory of Elmore Leonard’s family in New Orleans — a sad tale, drawn from original records and years of research. I also correct genealogical errors in the Elmore Leonard biography Cooler Than Cool by C.M. Kushins.
Please subscribe to my Substack for more gpsutter.substack.com
Please subscribe to my Substack for more gpsutter.substack.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Read the lost backstory of Elmore Leonard’s family in New Orleans — a sad tale, drawn from original records and years of research. I also correct genealogical errors in the Elmore Leonard biography Cooler Than Cool by C.M. Kushins.
Please subscribe to my Substack for more gpsutter.substack.com
Please subscribe to my Substack for more gpsutter.substack.com
No Kings Day West Hollywood was a blast! Thousands of people; peaceful, happy, serious. The event was held at West Hollywood Park across from the Pacific Design Center on San Vicente and spilled out onto Santa Monica Blvd in a long circular march. It couldn't have been better. #NoKingsDay
June 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
No Kings Day West Hollywood was a blast! Thousands of people; peaceful, happy, serious. The event was held at West Hollywood Park across from the Pacific Design Center on San Vicente and spilled out onto Santa Monica Blvd in a long circular march. It couldn't have been better. #NoKingsDay
A new Elmore Leonard bio is out—Cooler Than Cool by C.M. Kushins. He had access to the archives and family, but it’s not the last word.
My memoir, I’d Kill to Have Your Job, fills in what was missed.
📎 elmoreleonard.com
#ElmoreLeonard #WritingLife
My memoir, I’d Kill to Have Your Job, fills in what was missed.
📎 elmoreleonard.com
#ElmoreLeonard #WritingLife
June 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A new Elmore Leonard bio is out—Cooler Than Cool by C.M. Kushins. He had access to the archives and family, but it’s not the last word.
My memoir, I’d Kill to Have Your Job, fills in what was missed.
📎 elmoreleonard.com
#ElmoreLeonard #WritingLife
My memoir, I’d Kill to Have Your Job, fills in what was missed.
📎 elmoreleonard.com
#ElmoreLeonard #WritingLife
To celebrate Elmore Leonard at 100:
I’d Kill to Have Your Job: Getting the Goods for Elmore Leonard is my memoir of 32.5 years as his researcher & friend, tracking people, places, and stories behind the work, knowing what he needed to write his novels—often before he did.
Intro: elmoreleonard.com
I’d Kill to Have Your Job: Getting the Goods for Elmore Leonard is my memoir of 32.5 years as his researcher & friend, tracking people, places, and stories behind the work, knowing what he needed to write his novels—often before he did.
Intro: elmoreleonard.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
To celebrate Elmore Leonard at 100:
I’d Kill to Have Your Job: Getting the Goods for Elmore Leonard is my memoir of 32.5 years as his researcher & friend, tracking people, places, and stories behind the work, knowing what he needed to write his novels—often before he did.
Intro: elmoreleonard.com
I’d Kill to Have Your Job: Getting the Goods for Elmore Leonard is my memoir of 32.5 years as his researcher & friend, tracking people, places, and stories behind the work, knowing what he needed to write his novels—often before he did.
Intro: elmoreleonard.com
In 1975, producer John Foreman asked Elmore Leonard for a story to interest Sean Connery and Michael Caine. Dutch sent him The Hawksbill Gang—a Spanish Civil War caper with crooks, stolen cash, and a wild chase across Spain, and North Africa. Too bad it never got made.
Full story: elmoreleonard.com
Full story: elmoreleonard.com
June 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In 1975, producer John Foreman asked Elmore Leonard for a story to interest Sean Connery and Michael Caine. Dutch sent him The Hawksbill Gang—a Spanish Civil War caper with crooks, stolen cash, and a wild chase across Spain, and North Africa. Too bad it never got made.
Full story: elmoreleonard.com
Full story: elmoreleonard.com
Picket Line which comes out on September 30, is not a lost novella. It’s the first act of an unfinished novel by Elmore Leonard, written as a movie treatment in 1970. Shelved, not lost. Here’s the story: www.elmoreleonard.com/index.php?/w...
June 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Picket Line which comes out on September 30, is not a lost novella. It’s the first act of an unfinished novel by Elmore Leonard, written as a movie treatment in 1970. Shelved, not lost. Here’s the story: www.elmoreleonard.com/index.php?/w...
At the Pershing Square demonstration in downtown Los Angeles. @maddow.msnbc.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
At the Pershing Square demonstration in downtown Los Angeles. @maddow.msnbc.com
Jonathan Goldsmith, still the Most Interesting Man in the World led a protest yesterday in the small town of Manchester Center, Vermont. All hands on on deck. We got the numbers and the message. Spread the word. @jonogold.bsky.social @espictures.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Jonathan Goldsmith, still the Most Interesting Man in the World led a protest yesterday in the small town of Manchester Center, Vermont. All hands on on deck. We got the numbers and the message. Spread the word. @jonogold.bsky.social @espictures.bsky.social