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Author Ava Morgyn and her latest novel, The Bane Witch
Daryl M., April 24, 2025

Ava Morgyn grew up falling in love with all the wrong characters in all the wrong stories, then studied English Writing & Rhetoric at St. Edward's University.


Poet Karen Rigby and latest collection of poems, Fabulosa
Daryl M., April 17, 2025

Karen Rigby is the author of Chinoiserie, which won a 2011 Sawtooth Poetry Prize


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


Authors Nathan Marsak and Arnold Hylen and book, Los Angeles Before the Freeways
Daryl M., 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.


Author Kemper Donovan and his two novels, The Busy Body and Loose Lips
Daryl M., March 13, 2025

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


Author Chris Nichols and his latest book, Bowlarama!: The Architecture of Mid-Century Bowling
Daryl M., March 06, 2025

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


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