Other Writings

Denise Hamilton is an award-winning novelist/editor/journalist who spent ten years as a staff writer at The Los Angeles Times. Her work has appeared in ALTA California, Wired, Cosmopolitan, Der Spiegel, and New Times. She has won first place awards from the Los Angeles Press Club for feature, business and commentary writing.

The Secret Sacred Spring in West L.A.: A Native American hallowed space miraculously remains amid the developed bustle of Westside L.A.

Alta Journal. March 30, 2020. 

The Charles Manson Industry: What led to—and has arisen from—the infamous 1969 murders is weirder, darker, and more hypocritical than you ever imagined.

Alta Journal. July 15, 2019.

Dark Wave: Sinister undercurrents lie everywhere, even in Southern California’s seemingly wholesome world of surfing

Los Angeles Times Magazine. April 2012. 

Book review: ‘The Man in the Rockefeller Suit’ by Mark Seal

Los Angeles Times. June 3, 2011.

Thriller, an anthology of short stories by thriller writers including Denise, Lee Child, David Dun, Gregg Hurwitz, Alex Kava, Joe Konrath, Eric Van Lustbader, Gayle Lynds, Chris Mooney, David Morrell, Katherine Neville, Christopher Rice, James Rollins and others. ISBN 0-7783-2299-8 

2006.

"Storyteller Lays Out the Facts"

Los Angeles Times opinion section (p.3) April 24, 2005.

The Predator’s Tale

Los Angeles Times. October 17, 2004.