Charles Fleming (author)

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Charles Fleming is an American author. In addition to writing multiple books on multiple subjects, fiction and non-fiction, he has also had a long career in print and TV journalism. As a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times [1] he was the automobile and motorcycle reviewer and editor of the paper's Hollywood business section, Company Town. He has written extensively as a freelancer, for publications as varied as Vanity Fair , Entertainment Weekly , and TV Guide . [2] [3]

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Background

Prior to joining the Los Angeles Times Fleming was a staff writer for the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner , Variety , and Newsweek and for many years served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Journalism. [4]

Among his published works are the best-selling High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess, and My Lobotomy, co-authored with the subject, Howard Dully. Fleming is also author of the popular Los Angeles-based urban walking guides, Secret Stairs and Secret Walks, and their Bay Area counterpart, Secret Stairs East Bay.

Born in North Carolina, and raised in Pacific Palisades, California, he is an Eagle Scout. [5]

Published works

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References

  1. "Charles Fleming". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  2. "Charles Fleming". Penguin Random House . Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. "Charles Fleming". Creative Mornings. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  4. "Adjunct Faculty". University of Southern California. Archived from the original on 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  5. Fleming, Charles (2009-12-30). "At age 100, the Boy Scouts have some good deeds yet to do". LA Times. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  6. Fleming, Howard Dully with Charles (2007). My lobotomy (1st ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. pp. 268–269. ISBN   978-0-307-38126-2.