AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

CHIP JACOBS is a freelance writer and award-winning journalist. Specializing in investigative, environmental, and political journalism, Jacobs has reported for The Los Angeles Times, The Daily News of Los Angeles, LA Weekly, and CNN, among other outlets. Jacobs grew up in Pasadena, California, graduating from the University of Southern California in 1985. After receiving his Master’s Degree from American University in Washington, D.C., he returned to Southern California, breaking into journalism at the Los Angeles Business Journal. In ensuing years, Jacobs wrote hard-hitting stories. His work on California’s slumlord-like property management triggered reforms, and his stories on chromium-6 water contamination helped lead to two state laws while drawing national interest to the subject. His other high-profile stories have covered the spectrum, from unsolved murders, redevelopment graft, and disgraced political godfathers to secret defense projects, the Hollywood Walk of Fame and dangerous sports stadiums. Jacobs left the Daily News as a staff writer to pen Wheeling the Deal, which critics have praised as “amazing,” “a witty clear-eyed account of a charming and utterly impossible man,” and “irresistible.” Jacobs, a diehard Trojan and Beatles fan, lives in the Los Angeles-area with his wife, a public relations professor, and their two children.