Rob Leicester Wagner

Rob Wagner is a journalist and author of nearly two dozen books. During more than 40 years as a journalist his reporting ranged from legal affairs coverage in California to Middle East issues. He was a regular contributor of crime stories for True Detective magazine and legal affairs coverage for the legal newspaper the Los Angeles Daily Journal. He covered the Night Stalker trial in Los Angeles and the Kevin Copper case in San Bernardino County, California, among other mass murder trials. He reported on the Middle East for 12 years from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Among his books are "Red Ink White Lies: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles Newspapers, 1920-1962," "The Duke: A Life in Pictures," "Sleeping Giant," "Witness to a Century" and "Hollywood Bohemia: The Roots of Progressive Politics in Rob Wagner's Script."