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Paul Haddad
Bio
PAUL HADDAD: A native Angeleno, Paul Haddad has been writing about Los Angeles since 1996, when he penned his first essay about businesses and buildings with portmanteau names for Los Angeles Times Magazine. His first nonfiction book was High Fives, Pennant Drives, and Fernandomania: A Fan's History of the Los Angeles Dodgers' Glory Years (1977-1981)
, a look back at the team's previous championship era through the radio calls of announcer Vin Scully. It was named one of the Best Baseball Books of 2012 by the Los Angeles Daily News and led to Haddad's participation in Fernando Nation, ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary on Fernando Valenzuela. Haddad's other nonfiction books include the perennial "local interest" bookstore favorite 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.: 57 Walking Adventures
, an updated edition of the original book, 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.: 52 Walking Adventures. Each appeared on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List. Haddad has also published several novels, including Paradise Palms: Red Menace Mob a neo-noir crime novel set during the 1950s about a family trying to fight off gangsters from hijacking their Hollywood hotel. His most recent book is Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles. Augmented by 175 photos, it is the complete, often-untold story behind L.A.'s vast freeway system, charting its influence on the city's landscape and human lives from a 360-degree perspective. The book includes a Foreword by journalist and L.A. Times scribe Patt Morrison. Haddad's "day job" is in television as a writer, director, and executive producer, which has resulted in multiple Emmy nominations. He is on Twitter and Instagram as @la_dorkout, on Facebook and his website.
, a look back at the team's previous championship era through the radio calls of announcer Vin Scully. It was named one of the Best Baseball Books of 2012 by the Los Angeles Daily News and led to Haddad's participation in Fernando Nation, ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary on Fernando Valenzuela. Haddad's other nonfiction books include the perennial "local interest" bookstore favorite 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.: 57 Walking Adventures
, an updated edition of the original book, 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.: 52 Walking Adventures. Each appeared on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List. Haddad has also published several novels, including Paradise Palms: Red Menace Mob a neo-noir crime novel set during the 1950s about a family trying to fight off gangsters from hijacking their Hollywood hotel. His most recent book is Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles. Augmented by 175 photos, it is the complete, often-untold story behind L.A.'s vast freeway system, charting its influence on the city's landscape and human lives from a 360-degree perspective. The book includes a Foreword by journalist and L.A. Times scribe Patt Morrison. Haddad's "day job" is in television as a writer, director, and executive producer, which has resulted in multiple Emmy nominations. He is on Twitter and Instagram as @la_dorkout, on Facebook and his website.
