Lynell George

Lynell George is a Los Angeles-based journalist, essayist and author. Her work explores social issues and human behavior, as well as urban histories, visual art, music and literature. A former staff writer for both the Los Angeles Times and LA Weekly, her pieces have appeared in Alta: A Journal of California, Sierra, The New York Times, Preservation, Oxford American, among other publications.

She is the author of three books of nonfiction: No Crystal Stair: African Americans in the City of Angels,  After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame, and A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler, which was a 2021 Hugo Award Finalist.