User:Joseph Mailander

Writer.

Born Los Angeles, California, February 4, 1957.

Bio at www.josephfmailander.com.

Author, LA at Intermission: A City Mingling Towards Identity, a collection of essays.

Author, The Fugitive Trail Angel, a novel.

Author, Days Change at Night; Notes on LA's Decade of Decline, 2003-2013.

Author, The Strong God Glittering, a novel.

Author, The Plasma of Terror, a novel.

Author, New World Triptych, a collection of wartime stories.

Attended Hawthorne High School. Graduated Class of 1975.

Attended Columbia College of Columbia University 1975-77. Studies in English and Comparative Literature.

Press and Correspondence Assistant, Reagan for President/Reagan-Bush Committee, 1979-1980.

First op-ed published: Los Angeles Times, April 7, 1981.

Attended UCLA 1982-1985. B.A., UCLA, Art History 1985.

Litigation Paralegal, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 1985-6.

Arts Manager, City of Los Angeles, 1991-3.

Vice President, Union Bank of California, now Union Bank N.A., 1999-2001.

Media Team Director, Kerry/Edwards campaign, Team One West, 2004.

Editor of Martini Republic, a national and local issues group weblog, June 2004-June 2007.

Personal site www.josephfmailander.com, April 2008-present.

Founder of LA Opus.

Columnist at CityWatch LA, 2012-2014.

Contributor to many publications, including LA Times, LA Daily News, CityWatch LA, LA Alternative Press, LA Downtown News, LA Weekly, Zocalo, Reason, Angry Tiger, The Foothill Record. C.V. at this page