James Ellroy (Damon Winter / LAT)
“I was homeless in the city I had rendered with great success as a writer.” (Damon Winter / LAT)
An envelope with Elizabeth Short’s personal papers was sent to the Los Angeles Examiner in 1947. (Damon Winter / LAT)
James Ellroy was 10 when he was told of his mother’s murder (Damon Winter / LAT)
