{"id":5,"name":"Kim Cooper","url":"","description":"<strong>Kim Cooper<\/strong> is the creator of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1947project.com\">1947project<\/a>, the crime-a-day time travel blog that spawned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esotouric.com\">Esotouric\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/a> popular crime bus tours, including <a href=\"http:\/\/esotouric.com\/blackdahlia\/\">The Real Black Dahlia<\/a>. She is the author of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekeptgirl.com\">The Kept Girl,<\/a><\/em> the acclaimed historical mystery starring the young Raymond Chandler and the real-life Philip Marlowe, and of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekeptgirl.com\/2014\/09\/chandlermap.html\">The Raymond Chandler Map of Los Angeles<\/a><\/em>. With husband Richard Schave, Kim curates the Salons and forensic science seminars of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\">LAVA- The Los Angeles Visionaries Association<\/a>. When the third generation Angeleno isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t combing old newspapers for forgotten scandals, she is a <a href=\"http:\/\/esotouric.com\/historicpreservation\/\">passionate advocate<\/a> for historic preservation of signage, vernacular architecture and writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s homes. Kim was for many years the editrix of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrammagazine.com\">Scram, a journal of unpopular culture<\/a>. Her books include <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1452109168\/ref=nosim\/bubblegumbook\">Fall in Love For Life<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0922915695\/ref=nosim\/bubblegumbook\">Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0415969980\/ref=nosim\/bubblegumbook\">Lost in the Grooves<\/a><\/em> and an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/082641690X\/ref=nosim\/bubblegumbook\">oral history<\/a> of Neutral Milk Hotel.","link":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/author\/kim-cooper\/","slug":"kim-cooper","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5857db10ae0b463e39f6f1340cfa0370?s=24&d=retro&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5857db10ae0b463e39f6f1340cfa0370?s=48&d=retro&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5857db10ae0b463e39f6f1340cfa0370?s=96&d=retro&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}