D. J. Waldie
D. J. Waldie, a writer, poet, translator, and editor who lives in the same house in Lakewood, California, his parents purchased in 1946, retired as the city administrator for the City of Lakewood in 2010. He has written numerous books of nonfiction and contributed to books of photography, including the widely-acclaimed Holy Land: a Suburban Memoir (W. W. Norton, 1996 and 2005), Real City: Downtown Los Angeles Inside/out (Angel City Press, 2003), Close to Home: an American Album (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004), and Where We Are Now: Notes From Los Angeles (Angel City Press, 2004).