Nolan Knight is the author of Gallows Dome, The Neon Lights Are Veins and Beneath the Black Palms, a fourth generation Angeleno and former staff writer for Los Angeles’ Biggest Music Publication, the L.A. Record. His short fiction has been featured in various publications including Akashic Books, Thuglit, Crimespree Magazine, Shotgun Honey, Tough and Needle. He lives in Long Beach.

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