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Philip Elliott

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Born

in Dublin, Ireland

Website

https://www.philipelliottfiction.com/

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Genre

Crime, Thriller, Fiction

Influences

Elmore Leonard, Stephen King, Denis Johnson, Don Winslow, James M. Cai ...more

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January 2015

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Twice-optioned screenwriter and award-winning novelist Philip Elliott is on a mission to bring noir back. He writes neo-noir rooted in character and enjoys blending these sensibilities into other genres, particularly drama, thriller and horror. His debut novel, Nobody Move, won Best First Novel in the Arthur Ellis Awards, and follow-up Porno Valley is a Shamus Awards finalist. As a teenager stoked by the fires of rebellion, Philip played drums in bad punk bands. Based in Vancouver, BC.

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Average rating: 3.89 · 340 ratings · 150 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Nobody Move 3.77 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Porno Valley really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Impending Heat Death of the Universe & Other Things That Stop Me from Caring 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Are Antifa: Expressions Against Fascism, Racism and Police Violence in the United States and Beyond by Philip Elliott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Heath Brougher (Editor), Amanda Gaines (Editor) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreaming in Starlight it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunger & Hallelujahs 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You're not done with L.A. until L.A. is done with you.”
― Philip Elliott, Nobody Move

tags: california, city, city-of-angels, fate, l-a, la, los-angeles, neo-noir, noir

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“the end is the beginning
the beginning is the end
& we are all just fragments of a
dream”
― Philip Elliott, The Impending Heat Death of the Universe & Other Things That Stop Me from Caring

tags: death, existence, infinity, life, meaning, meaning-of-life, philosophy, poetry, space, universe

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“It’s not like the movies. There are rarely gunshots or explosions, bad guys hunting you down. You follow a lead to where it takes you. Most times it takes you to a dead end and you have to return to the beginning and follow another. Usually, you have to follow dozens of leads before you get anywhere. But, sometimes, you get lucky, and every door you open leads you to another until, finally, you stumble upon the truth. It’s not about justice, you see, or money—God knows it’s not about money. It’s about bringing the truth to light. It’s not glamorous, but it makes the world a little more truthful a place. That’s enough for me.”
― Philip Elliott, Porno Valley

tags: detective, detective-fiction, investigation, mystery, mystery-fiction, noir, pi, private-dick, private-investigator, truth

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“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

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“This was the Mecca of the American Dream, the world that everyone wanted. A world of sleek young women (allied with Slenderella to be so) in shorts and halters, driving 400-horsepower station wagons to air-conditioned, music-serenaded supermarkets of baby-sitter corporations and culture condensed into Great Books discussion groups. A life of barbecues by the swimming pool and drive in movies open all year. It did't appeal to me. Fuck health insurance plans and life insurance. They wanted to live without leaving the womb. It made me more alive to play a game without rules against society, and I was prepared to play it to the end. A tremor almost sexual passed through me as I anticipated the comming robbery.”
― Edward Bunker, No Beast So Fierce

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“I’d been staying at the Holiday Inn with my girlfriend, honestly the most beautiful woman I’d even known, for three days under a phony name, shooting heroin. We made love in the bed, ate steaks at the restaurant, shot up in the john, puked, cried, accused one another, begged of one another, forgave, promised, and carried one another to heaven.”
― Denis Johnson, Jesus' Son

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