Los Angeles as Setting and Character

Los Angeles as Setting and Character

Marjorie McCown on her career as a Hollywood costume designer and how it led her to write mysteries in her adopted home city..

By Marjorie McCown | May 7, 2024

How A Hollywood Costumer's Unusual Profession Inspired Her Murder Mystery

How A Hollywood Costumer's Unusual Profession Inspired Her Murder Mystery

"[C]ostume design is all about storytelling..."

By Marjorie McCown | June 14, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Switzy
  • Taipei Story
  • Ambivalence: An Education
  • The Pirate Queen
  • The Living Realm
  • Frenchman Flat: The Rise and Fall of Atomic Bombs
  • In the Realm of the Last Man: A Memoir
  • Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Our Relationships
  • The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories
  • Tower Hill: A Plantation on the Edge of Rebellion

  • Support Us!

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member