He's called the master of modern noir, the demon dog of American crime fiction and one of the most daring writers alive. With a career that spans more than 30 years, he's probably best-known for two things.
He wrote LA Confidential, which became an Oscar-winning film.
And in 1958, when he was ten, his mother was murdered in Los Angeles.
He's here in France as his memoir "The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women" has just been translated into French.
