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I’m an award-winning narrative nonfiction author/magazine journalist. I was a senior correspondent at Vanity Fair and worked at a bunch of other publications before that. My first book, BLOOD & INK: The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime, was published by HarperCollins/William Morrow in 2022. (Buy it here.) I’m working on a podcast adaptation for iHeartMedia/Vanity Fair. My second book, CALIFORNIA SCREAMING: Misfits, Mayhem, Murder and Hollywood’s Punk Rock Revolution, based on a feature I wrote for the 2024 Hollywood Issue of Vanity Fair, will be published by Hachette/Union Square & Co. in 2027. More at joepompeo.net.

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