Novelist Leonard to receive PEN USA award

Los Angeles: Novelist Elmore Leonard will receive PEN USA`s lifetime achievement award at a December ceremony.

Leonard, 83, has written over 40 westerns, crime novels and mysteries, including `The Bounty Hunters,` `Road Dogs` and `Cuba Libre.` Many of his books — notably `Out of Sight,` `Get Shorty` and `Be Cool` — have been made into films. Past recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award include Ray Bradbury, Woody Allen, Betty Friedan and Gore Vidal. PEN USA is a Los Angeles-based professional writers organization. The group`s 19th Annual Literary Awards Festival will be held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Dec. 2. Bureau Report