![]() ![]() There is Gwen, an African American woman who works at a non-profit in Watts Oscar, a Mexican American real estate agent from Highland Park and Todd, a white lawyer from Wisconsin by way of Century City. In Revoyr’s latest novel, Lost Canyon (Akashic 320 pages, $26.95), four Angelenos leave the city for a backpacking trip in its surrounding mountains. ![]() She writes about the city with compassion and a sharp eye for detail, paying attention to people and neighborhoods often left out of mainstream stories about L.A. ![]() Born in Japan, Revoyr spent part of her childhood in Tokyo and Wisconsin, but most of her books take place in Los Angeles, where she has spent most of her life. Her 2003 novel, Southland, was the first book I ever encountered by a mixed-race Japanese American woman, not to mention one, like me, with a French last name and a face not obviously Asian. I’ll always have a special love for Nina Revoyr’s writing. ![]()
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