Originally from London, James T. Bartlett is an Anthony-nominated and a National Indie Excellence award winner for his true crime book "The Alaskan Blonde: Sex, Secrets, and the Hollywood Scandal that Shocked America".

As a travel/lifestyle and history journalist he writes for the Los Angeles Times, BBC, Los Angeles Daily News, Vera, National Geographic Traveler Atlas Obscura, Westways, Los Angeles Magazine, American Way, Hemispheres, Frommers, Crime Reads, Real Crime, and many others.

He is also the author of the "Gourmet Ghosts" alternative guides to Los Angeles' haunted bars, restaurants and hotels—and the true crimes and history behind them - and his fictional short story “Death Under the Stars” features in the recent Sisters in Crime Los Angeles anthology "Entertainment To Die For".