Marjorie McCown has spent her entire professional life in the story-telling business, though she started out on the visual side of the craft. She spent more than twenty-five years in Hollywood working…
Emily C. Hughes (she/her) wants to scare you. Formerly the editor of Unbound Worlds and TorNightfire.com, she writes about horror and curates a list of the year's new scary books. You can find her…
José Gil Olmos es un periodista y escritor mexicano destacado, con más de 30 años de experiencia como reportero. Su carrera ha pasado por medios importantes como El Nacional, La Jornada, y la revista…
Medar de la Cruz is a Dominican-American cartoonist and illustrator born in Miami, Florida. He is currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. Medar graduated with a degree in illustration from ArtCenter…
Tim Major is a writer and freelance editor from York, UK. His books include Snakeskins, Hope Island, three Sherlock Holmes novels, short story collection And the House Lights Dim and a monograph about…
As a Los Angeles public library card holder, you have access to online learning resources, including classes and tutorials, to further your educational goals. Gaining new vocational skills or…
The Human Rights Campaign estimates that there are more than two million transgender individuals in the United States, with a 2023 survey indicating that the number of Americans who report knowing a…
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen. But if you don't…
Internationally bestselling author Joe R. Lansdale has received the Edgar, Raymond Chandler, Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Inkpot Awards. His work includes mysteries, Westerns, horror, thrillers…
In the late 19th century, a series of federal government policies were adopted with the intent of displacing Native communities from their land and culture. One such policy in the history of forced…
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Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including the award-winning Gangsterland trilogy and Living Dead Girl, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His…
On a pleasant summer evening in 1891, the Los Angeles Herald's theater critic attended a play that ran for exactly one night. The play was conservatively described by the critic as "interesting," but…
Since its Celtic Pagan origins as Samhain in Ireland over 2,000 years ago, Halloween has grown to become a multi-billion dollar global industry. From 12-foot skeletons to DIY haunted house attractions…
While we await the start of the 2024 World Series Friday between the Dodgers and the Yankees over at 1000 Vin Scully Avenue, we wanted to take a look back at the most frequent World Series matchup…
M. L. Rio holds an MA in Shakespeare studies from King’s College London and Shakespeare’s Globe and a PhD in English from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her bestselling first novel If We…
Imagine taking a leisurely stroll through Los Angeles's natural landscapes, where the native wildlife thrives and the local vegetation flourishes. Now, picture a group of uninvited guests crashing the…
Just three days before the Dodgers start play in the World Series against the Yankees on Friday, we found out that one of the most beloved of all Dodgers players, Fernando Valenzuela, passed away at…
Shanna Tan is a Singaporean translator working from Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. Her translations include Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum and Yeonnam-dong’s Smiley Laundromat by…
I am, admittedly, not an athletic person. While I have not been put through the sports-searching gauntlet like my brother, who tried and dropped tennis, soccer, and aikido, it was no secret that I was…
Born and raised in the island town of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, Ryan Love is a NCTJ-qualified journalist. He was the first Showbiz Editor at Digital Spy and has written for publications…
Ste. Ostrich in Manhattan: The Visitations of a Martyr (1990) was written and illustrated by Lois Morrison, with Julie Chen serving as the paper engineer. This artist's book represents what is known…
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen. But if you don't…
