Behind The Book presents author Michael Hiltzik in conversation with David Zierler
- Public Event
Free, but reservations are recommended.
Join Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author for a discussion about his latest book, "Golden State: The Making of California," as he joins David Zierler, the Caltech Heritage Project Director.
Hiltzik regularly appears in the LA Times where, for four decades, he has written about business, technology and public policy. He is the author of eight books including "Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention that Launched the Military-Industrial Complex" and "Dealers of Lightning: XEROX PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age." Zierler, the author of "The Invention of Ecocide," directed history projects for the American Institute of Physics and the U.S. Department of State.
This event is being presented free of charge but reservations are recommended.
Michael Hiltzik is a journalist and author who has written for the Los Angeles Times for more than four decades, serving as a financial and political writer, investigative reporter, technology writer and editor, and foreign correspondent in Africa and Russia. He is the author of eight books, most recently Golden State: The Making of California, which has just been published. With his colleague Chuck Philips, Michael received the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for articles exposing corruption in the entertainment industry. His other awards for excellence in reporting include the Gerald Loeb Award for outstanding business commentary and the Silver Gavel from the American Bar Association for outstanding legal reporting. A graduate of Colgate University and Columbia University, he lives in Southern California.