BESTSELLING CRIME AUTHOR STEVE HODEL TO COMPLETE BLACK DAHLIA TRILOGY ON AUG. 22

Steve Hodel, author the 2012 blockbuster "Black Dahlia Avenger II," will return for an encore ‘Author Night’ appearance in the South Pasadena Public Library Community Room on August 22 at 7:00 p.m.  In 2008 and 2011 Hodel made gripping appearances before full house audiences in the venue for his first two Black Dahlia books. He revealed a wealth of convincing evidence pinpointing his father, Dr. George Hodel, as 1947’s Black Dahlia murderer, the perpetrator of the most infamous crime in Los Angeles history.  

Steve Hodel spent 24 years as a homicide detective with the LAPD earning one of the highest “solve rates” in the department before becoming an acclaimed nonfiction author.  The publication of his Black Dahlia books has garnered national news coverage and many hour-long television appearances, as well as high praise from other top crime writers.

"Black Dahlia Avenger II" establishes the original Black Dahlia crime scene at the Hodel family’s historic Franklin residence in Hollywood where Steve grew up. It also links evidence from the home to articles left in the vacant lot where Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia victim was discovered. Among the other findings contained in "BDA II" is convincing testimony that the murder was committed by a doctor, the transcript of the incriminating tape from the District Attorney’s bugging of the Hodel residence in 1947, and provocative personal correspondence between Dorothy Huston Hodel, Steve’s mother, and film director John Huston’s ex-wife. 

The Author Night program is free and open to the public and presented by the South Pasadena Public Library and the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library. The event will also feature Steve Hodel's new short film and PowerPoint. Special thanks to Scott Gandell and Anneline De Croos/South Pasadena Mercantile. The program will conclude with the author’s Q & A with the audience and autographed copies of Steve Hodel’s Black Dahlia books will be available for purchase. The Community Room is located at 1115 El Centro Street. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and no tickets or reservations are necessary. Refreshments will be provided.