The Articles - Well, Some of Them

The Fine Art of Naming Characters in Crime Fiction
June 24, 2019 • CrimeReads.com
Ever wonder how crime authors name their characters? Ever find your own name in a novel attached to a shadowy CIA agent?
I was honored and more than a little bit gobsmacked when Cara Black named a character after me in Murder in Bel-Air, her 19th Aimee Leduc mystery. I wrote about the experience of encountering the fictional me for CrimeReads.com

Something's Rotten in Mammoth: An Interview of
T. Jefferson Parker
April 4, 2016 • Los Angeles Review of Books
Jeff Parker and I sat down to talk about Crazy Blood, his "ski noir" novel set in vertiginous landscape of Mammoth Lakes, California

How Fame Came to Beverly Hills: Why Old Hollywood Moved In
March 29, 2014 • The Hollywood Reporter
THR asked me to expand on some of the content I wrote for In the Spirit of Beverly Hills

Great Scot!
November 8, 2012 • Pasadena Weekly
Not long after returning from the debut Bloody Scotland Crime Fiction Festival, I wrote this travel piece about my experiences at the festival and my visit—with crime fiction author extraordinaire Denise Mina as my guide—to Glasgow

Book Review: ‘Triple Crossing’ by Sebastian Rotella
August 29, 2011 • Los Angeles Times

Hollywood Star Walk: A Guide to the thousands of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
June 18, 19, and 21, 2010 • Los Angeles Times
June Forey
Haskell Wexler
Richard Hayman