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Author Aimee Pokwatka and his first novel, Knife Skills For Beginners

Interview With an Author: Orlando Murrin

April 10, 2025

After being hurled into the culinary limelight on BBC's Masterchef show, Orlando Murrin became editor of BBC Good Food magazine before setting up a gastronomic guesthouse in the southwest of France.

Interview, LAPL Reads, Authors
Authors Nathan Marsak and Arnold Hylen and book, Los Angeles Before the Freeways

Interview With an Author: Nathan Marsak

April 03, 2025

Arnold Hylen (1908–1987) trained at the Chouinard Art Institute, and found work as a photographer for the Fluor Corporation, where he worked from the early 1940s into the 1970s.

Interview, LAPL Reads, Authors
Author T.J. Klune and his latest novel, The Bones Beneath My Skin

Interview With an Author: T.J. Klune

March 27, 2025

T.J.

Interview, LAPL Reads, Authors
Author Margarita Montimore and her latest novel, The Dollhouse Academy

Interview With an Author: Margarita Montimore

March 20, 2025

Margarita Montimore is the author of Acts of Violet,

Interview, LAPL Reads, Authors
Author Kemper Donovan and his two novels, The Busy Body and Loose Lips

Interview With an Author: Kemper Donovan

March 13, 2025

Kemper Donovan is the host of the All About Agatha podcast.

Interview, LAPL Reads, Authors
Author Chris Nichols and his latest book, Bowlarama!: The Architecture of Mid-Century Bowling

Interview With an Author: Chris Nichols

March 06, 2025

Chris Nichols is a longtime preservationist and senior editor at Los Angeles mag

Interview, LAPL Reads, Authors
Author Rebecca Serle and her latest novel, Good Dirt

Interview With an Author: Charmaine Wilkerson

February 27, 2025

Charmaine Wilkerson is the New York Times bestselling author of

Interview, LAPL Reads, Authors
Author Mallory O’Meara and her latest book, Daughter of Daring: The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood’s First Stuntwoman

Interview With an Author: Mallory O’Meara

February 20, 2025

Mallory O’Meara is the bestselling author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon

Interview, LAPL Reads, Authors
But Not Too Bold, a novella by Hache Pueyo

Interview With an Author: Hache Pueyo

February 06, 2025

Hache Pueyo is an Argentine-Brazilian writer and translator. She won an Otherwise Fellowship for her work with gender in speculative fiction, and her work has appeared as H.

Interview, LAPL Reads, Authors
Author Edward Underhill and his latest book, The In-Between Bookstore

Interview With an Author: Edward Underhill

February 13, 2025

Edward Underhill grew up in the suburbs of Wisconsin, where he could not walk to anything, so he had to make up his own adventures.

Interview, LAPL Reads, Authors

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