About Steve Lopez

Steve Lopez grew up in a neighbourhood east of San Francisco, where his father drove a delivery truck. Graduating in journalism at San Jose State University, Steve Lopez began his writing career as a sportswriter in California and went on to spend over ten years as an award-winning columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Following that he spent a period with Time Magazine but can now be found contributing heavily to the Los Angeles Times.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

An unfancy prose is streaked by strong cinematic images...Lopez aims to prick consciences, in the tradition of the documentary novelist, and he does so with considerable style - Daily Telegraph