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Los Angeles as Crime Fiction’s Most Dangerous Character

Presented by: Chris Aldrich | Denise Hamilton | Marcia Clark | Robert Ward | Wendy Hornsby
Categories: Crime | Diversity | Research | Setting

Los Angeles is a city of beauty, danger, and contradiction. This panel explores how writers use its neighborhoods, cultures, and hidden corners to fuel crime fiction and turn the City of Angels into a vivid and complex character on the page.

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