Nathan Masters has hosted and produced the Emmy Award-winning public television series Lost LA since 2016. He's the author of hundreds of articles about Los Angeles history, and his true-life, longform story about America's first policewoman is currently under development at Amazon Studios as a feature film. He works at the USC Libraries and lives in the mountains of Southern California with his wife, the author and television writer Kseniya Melnik, and their two children. Crooked is his first book.