Liz Brown is the author of Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire (Penguin). Her writing has appeared in 4Columns, Bookforum, Daily Beast, Design Observer, Elle Decor, Frieze, London Review of Books, Los Angeles Times, New York Times Book Review, Slate, T Magazine, and other publications. She lives in Los Angeles.

Illustration by Gabrielle Bell.