CONTRIBUTORS

Carla Shapreau (“Lost and Found,” page 16) is a violin maker and lawyer. She is the coauthor of “Violin Fraud: Deception, Forgery, Theft, and Lawsuits in England and America.”

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Pornchai Mittongtare (Cover, “Lost and Found” photos) has contributed to Bon Appetit, Robb Report and others.

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Christian Williams (“The Rules of Hollywood,” page 14), a contributing writer to West, has worked on “Hill Street Blues” and “Six Feet Under,” among other shows.

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Joe Christiano (“Wherefore the Double-Double?” page 24) has written for the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine.

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Barbara Thornburg (“Angelino Heights,” page 28) is a senior editor for West and past president of the Los Angeles Conservancy.

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Josslyn Luckett (“View Heights,” page 30) is a screenwriter and essayist whose work is set to appear in a new anthology, “What Your Mama Never Told You: True Stories of Sex and Love.”

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Ruben Guevara (“Boyle Heights,” page 32) is a journalist, bandleader (Ruben and the Jets), poet and founder/director of Arts 4 City Youth, an arts program based in Boyle Heights.

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Kent Black (“Whitley Heights,” page 34) is style editor of West. He has written for, among others, Rolling Stone, GQ and the New York Times Magazine.

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Tim Street-Porter (“Heights” photos) has published several books of writing and photography, including “Hollywood Style” and, most recently, “Los Angeles.”

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Felipe Dupouy (“Heights” photos) has seen his work featured in Los Angeles magazine and the Los Angeles Times Magazine.