James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Underworld U. S. A Trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood's A Rover, and the L. A. Quartet novels: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L. A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He is the recipient of the Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. He lives in Colorado.