Raylan Givens

Leonard later penned the short story "Fire in the Hole",[1] which became the basis for the television series Justified starring Timothy Olyphant.

In April 2011, Leonard revealed in an interview that the success of Justified had inspired him to begin work on a new novel about the character.

'[3]In the novel Pronto, Givens is described as about forty years old, thin and rangy, and perpetually wearing a cowboy hat.

In the novel Pronto, Raylan carries a Colt Python revolver with a 6-inch barrel, which fits his "cowboy" personality.

Raylan carries a small customized Colt Officer's ACP .45 Handgun during his first case in Harlan and uses this to shoot Boyd Crowder.

In early 2010, the FX Network premiered the television show Justified starring Timothy Olyphant in the role of Givens.

On the official Elmore Leonard website, some trepidation was expressed about the television show getting the correct hat for the character.

In the TV movie, Pronto, they gave poor James LeGros a George Strait hat that looked like it was ready to take off.

[7]Givens is native to the rural eastern Kentucky mining area of Harlan County but is assigned to Miami Beach, Florida in the novels Pronto and Riding the Rap.

For the short story "Fire in the Hole", Leonard has Givens returning to his roots and being assigned to Kentucky as a punishment for his actions in the previous novels.