This Is (Not) L. A. Book : An Insider's Guide to the Real Los Angeles

Gold, Wendy, Bilik, Jen

ISBN 10: 1601069189 / ISBN 13: 9781601069184

Published by KnockKnock LLC, 2019

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Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: This Is (Not) L. A. Book : An Insider's Guide to the Real Los Angeles
• Publisher: KnockKnock LLC
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1601069189
• ISBN 13: 9781601069184
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.13 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Think you know L.A.? Dive into this expert debunking that disproves myths and clichés about the world's most misunderstood city then, like, think again.

• Foreword by food critic Jonathan Gold and bitchin' cover blurb from L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti
• Full of little-known factoids about the City of Angels: for example, L.A. has more PhDs than any other city in the U.S.!
• By the end, you'll be an honest-to-god insider—or an honorary Angeleno—with the expertise to say, "This is not LA, but THIS is!"
• By Jen Bilik (a 20-year L.A. resident) with Kate Sullivan (an L.A. native!), actually written IN Los Angeles, coincidentally where Knock Knock's global HQ is located!
• Paperback; 8.5 x 6.25 inches, 168 pages

About the Author

JEN BILIK is an L.A.-based author and the founder of Knock Knock, independent makers of witty books and gifts. Before starting the company in 2002, she was an editor and writer of books on art, architecture, urbanism, design, and popular culture. Drawing on her publishing background, she piloted Knock Knock's expansion into books, authoring several herself while overseeing the production of over one hundred more. In January 2018, Bilik became CEO of the Who's There Group following Knock Knock's acquisition of Emily McDowell Studio and People, Places & Things.

KATE SULLIVAN was born in Hollywood and grew up in Koreatown among salt-of-the-earth writers. She has been an editor and writer at Knock Knock since 2011. She is also an independent radio producer and journalist. Kate's work has appeared in Los Angeles Magazine, Spin, Rolling Stone, Seventeen, Teen People, City Pages, and L.A. Weekly, where she served as music editor and wrote an award-winning column.

JONATHAN GOLD, was a widely beloved and recognized writer on food and restaurants in Los Angeles for three decades, for L.A. Weekly and the Los Angeles Times. A stalwart champion of the city he loved, Gold is the only food journalist to have won the Pulitzer Prize, awarded to him in 2007. He died in July 2018.