Chip’s Year in Writing & Creating

For me, creativity isn't just what I do. It's who I am, and…


“The Accidental True Crime Writer” – my Los Angeles Review of Books essay

It wasn’t until one day in 1998, strolling along Hollywood…


1979 L.A. True Crime in Song

It was the faces that slayed you that year, when the only…


The Man Behind the Gun

Not all monsters are born that way. Sometimes, a freak…


First Reviews on my True Crime Book, “The Darkest Glare”

"An entertaining true-crime period piece built around a…


Lucretia Garfield: South Pasadena’s Lady in Perpetual Mourning

By the time she settled into her South Pasadena dream…


The Colorado Street Bridge speaks, or rather initial critical reaction to my novel about her

"A riveting and enjoyable look at how local myths are…