My Fantastic Place – An Essay

Squeeze was the sound I’d been waiting for from the black…


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

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