Tag: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Science Fiction and Paranormal Fantasy with a Noir Twist

Undoing One of Los Angeles’ Literary Myths

Back in the days when I was a young, impressionable college student, one of my Literature professors told a story in class that really stuck with me. We were talking about Los Angeles literature, something I found interesting but didn’t know much about yet. He told the class about how F. Scott Fitzgerald and Nathanael West came…
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September 12, 2014 0

A Devil You Know Tour of 1940s Hollywood

One of the funnest parts of writing The Devil You Know was working some Hollywood landmarks into the plot. As Julian Piedmont’s demons start running amok in 1946 Hollywood and Marie Doyle does her best to stop them, the characters show up in a variety of famous (and some not-so-famous) spots. Here are a few,…
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June 4, 2014 0

Antiquarian Kindle Files?

When I released my first book in paperback and Kindle editions earlier this year, I had the nice opportunity of being able to sign some copies for friends. One person joked about whether I’d sign his Kindle for him. I kindly offered to scratch my name into the cover. When my second book came out…
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