Steve Lopez

Steven M. Lopez (* 1953 ) is an American journalist who has worked as a columnist for The Los Angeles Times since 2001 .

Life

Lopez is originally from Pittsburgh and studied at San José State University . He worked for Time Inc. and wrote for Time , Life , Entertainment Weekly and Sports Illustrated . He also worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer , the San Jose Mercury News, and the Oakland Tribune . Lopez is the author of three novels: Third and Indiana (published in German under the title Der Sprayer by Droemer Knaur ), The Sunday Macaroni Club and In the Clear . He also wrote a summary of his work for The Philadelphia Inquirer , entitled Land of Giants .

Lopez's column series about his unusual friendship with the schizophrenic bassist Nathaniel Anthony Ayers inspired the film The Soloist , in which Robert Downey Jr. plays the role of Steve Lopez. Lopez wrote a nonfiction book called The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music , which formed the basis for the film. Lopez also worked on the script for the film.

The relationship between Ayers and Lopez was featured in an episode of the 60 Minutes news magazine on March 22, 2009 .

In October 2010, the prosecutor of invited Los Angeles , Carmen Trutanich , Lopez one to on a driving test under the influence of marijuana participate. The reason for this test was to assess the possible consequences of California Proposition 19 , a legislative initiative to legalize the possession, manufacture, transport and sale of marijuana.

Awards

In 2008 Lopez received the President's Award from the Los Angeles Press Club at the 50th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. On April 29, 2011, Lopez received an honorary doctorate from San José State University.

Works

• Third and Indiana . Penguin Books, 1995. ISBN 978-0-140-23945-4
• The Sunday Macaroni Club . Harcourt Brace & Co, 1997. ISBN 978-0-151-00264-1
• In the clear . Harcourt Brace & Co, 2002. ISBN 978-0-151-00284-9
• Land of Giants: Where No Good Deed Goes Unpunished . Camino Books, 1995. ISBN 978-0-940-15930-3
• The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music. Berkley Trade 2008, ISBN 978-0-425-22600-1

Individual evidence

1. ^ Steve Lopez: Points West. Los Angeles Times, accessed August 20, 2012 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Lopez, Steve (2008). The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music. Berkley Trade, ISBN 978-0-425-22600-1
3. ↑ Steve Lopez on Nathaniel Anthony Ayers. Los Angeles Times, accessed August 20, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Steve Lopez: He's a Train Wreck behind the wheel. The Los Angeles Times , October 20, 2010, archived from the original on October 20, 2010 ; Retrieved August 20, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Steve Lopez: Honored SJS alumnus criticizes Cal State cuts as blocking path of upward mobility. , dated May 5, 2011, accessed on August 20, 2012

Web links

• Steve Lopez in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about Steve Lopez in the catalog of the German National Library
• Steve Lopez biography on the Los Angeles Times
• Interview with Steve Lopez