Lori Kozlowski is an author, published poet, and journalist.
Her first book is about the mob in Las Vegas. Coming soon! Contact the writer for details.
As a freelancer, she has written for Entrepreneur Magazine, Instinct Magazine, Metro.Pop, PopLife, Earvolution.com, the Long Beach Gazette, Content That Works, RealTalk LA, Citizen LA, Not For Tourists, and other publications. She has written about various topics ranging from graffiti to growing businesses, the evolution of blue jeans to the disintegration of blues songs.
She currently works for the Los Angeles Times.
Ms. Kozlowski is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s Master of Professional Writing Program.
See below for a list of the writer's most recent publications and literary activities.
| November 7, 2008 | Vegas Noir Panel. Vegas Valley Book Festival. Fifth Street School. Downtown Las Vegas, NV. 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. |
| June 28, 2008 | A Night of Noir, presented by the University of Southern California Master of Professional Writing Alumni Association, Jethro Nededog and Lori Kozlowski, in conjunction with Akashic Books. Las Vegas Noir and Los Angeles Noir writers meet up and face off to find out which city produces darker fiction. Writers include: Denise Hamilton, Tod Goldberg, Christine McKellar, Gary Phillips, Jim Pascoe, Emory Holmes II, and Lori Kozlowski. Readings and signings for both books, no-host wine bar, and live entertainment from femme fatale jazz singer Laura Ellis. Location: Imix Bookstore, 5052 Eagle Rock Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. (323) 257-2512. 6pm-8pm. |
| May 24, 2008 | Las Vegas Noir signing at Cheesecake & Crime (in Henderson, NV) with writers Jaq Greenspon and Christine McKellar. 3pm. |
| May 17, 2008 | Lori Kozlowski signs Las Vegas Noir with Bliss Esposito at Borders Books in Henderson, NV. 2pm. |
| May 8, 2008 | Las Vegas Noir launch party at The Freakin' Frog in Las Vegas on Maryland Parkway. Live entertainment: Love Pentagon to play lovely songs during the signing. 7pm. |
| May 1, 2008 | Las Vegas Noir (part of Akashic Books' Noir series) will be released and will include Lori's story "Three Times a Night, Every Other Night." You can order the book online at Amazon.com. Click here! |
| October 13 & 27, 2007 | Writers in Residence at Open Books in Long Beach, CA. Writers Lori Kozlowski, Rachel Levin, Jethro Nededog, and Glen Golightly take over this quaint bookstore to present an interactive literary experience. Lori will be on hand all day from 12 noon to 8:00 p.m. to recommend rare books and talk about the profession of writing. Come visit her at Open Books at 2226 E. 4th Street, Long Beach, CA 90814. www.thestoryofopen.com. |
| July 2007 | Her poem "One Block Off the Strip" is published by literary journal 34th Parallel. |
| May 2007 | "Spray On"—a feature on graffiti writers in Los Angeles—is published by RealTalk LA. |
| December 2006 | "Going To California" is published in Book By Authors, put out by the Long Beach Public Library Foundation, in support of youth/adult literacy. |