Dome and globe lamp, LAPL Central Rotunda.   When I was growing up in Hollywood, the library was my lifeline to a world of visionary ...

photo: J. Scott Smith Writing a book is a lonesome experience -- at least it is for me. When I'm at my desk, whether plotting, h...

It was exciting to click the link to "Models for Marlowe," Michael Paraskos' kind review of The Kept Girl in The Spectator ,...

It's a little unusual for an author to attend a meeting of a book club that's discussing her latest book, but what is there to say b...

Writers, readers: did you ever wonder how the book on your shelf was made? This four-part video series (with a new episode published daily f...

All through February, Kim Cooper was on a virtual blog tour celebrating the launch of her debut mystery novel, The Kept Girl . Along with i...

Los Angeles Times, October 1929 I first encountered the  Great Eleven cult  while researching a true crime bus tour called  Wild Wi...