What traumatic event had a profound effect on Ellroy's life and work?
His mother's murder
A car accident
Alien abduction
He won the lottery
Answer
His mother's brutal murder when Ellroy was just 10 impacted him deeply, shaping both his personal life and literary career. This traumatic event instilled a lifelong preoccupation with crime, violence, and the dark side of human nature, making it central themes in his acclaimed hard-boiled detective novels and crime fiction.
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