Paperback L.A.

There are 12-15 writers in each stand-alone volume Paperback L.A. along with three photographers. Writers in each of our three books represent life in L.A. over a span of more than 150 years, through fiction, nonfiction, playwrighting, spoken word and other forms. Click on each book’s link to see their bios:

BOOK 1: Clothes. Coffee Crushes. Crimes.

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM Eve Babitz • Paul Beatty • Dan Bern • Arna Bontemps • Carlos Bulosan • Cecil Castelucci • Victoria Dailey • William Heath Davis • Robert Landau • Justin Andrew Marks • Steve Martin • Hugo Reid • Vin Scully • Susan Sontag • Clancy Sigal • Héctor Tobar • Victor and Mary Lou Valle • Elysa Voshell/Venice Arts

Book 2: Studios. Salesmen. Shrines. Surfspots. 

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM José Arnaz • Colleen Dunn Bates • Ray Bradbury • Helen Brown • Diana Serra Cary (Baby Peggy) • Jim Gavin • Wendy Gilmartin • Eric Gutierrez • Chester Himes • Naomi Hirahara • Preston Lerner • H.E. Lougheed • Benjamin Madley • Danny Martinez • Gina N. Nahai • Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez • Michelle Shocked • Ann Summa • Hartmut Walter

Book 3:  Secrets. SigAlerts. Ravines. Records. 

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM Ann Elliott Cutting • Patricia Freeman • River Garza • Jonathan Gold • Alexandra Hedison • Gilbert Hernandez • Warren Hill • Kovi Konowiecki • Lou Mathews • Carey McWilliams • Don Normark • Lisa See • Harry Shearer • R.J. Smith • C.A. Storke • Stuart Timmons • Rosanne Welch • Maritta Wolff • Karen Tei Yamashita