The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women is a work of memoir and autobiography by American author James Ellroy published in 2010.

The epigraph for The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women is "I will take Fate by the throat.

The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women chronicles Ellroy's childhood, his confession of guilt over wishing his mother - Geneva Odelia (née Hilliker) Ellroy - dead, his wild teen life, love affairs, marriages, and finally, his finding of an extraordinary woman whom Ellroy refers to as "Her."

It is a narrative of emotion, insight, sexuality, and spiritual quest.

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