

Ryan Gattis
Ryan Gattis (ryangattis.com) is the author of Safe, Kung Fu High School, The System, and All Involved—which won the American Library Association’s Alex Award, the Lire Award for Noir of the Year (France), and has been named one of the all-time “13 Most Essential L.A. Crime Books” (L.A. Times, 2023). He lives and writes in South Los Angeles, where he is a member of art collective UGLARworks, and a PEN America Prison Writing Mentor.

The L.A. Novels: All Involved, Safe, & The System

The System: Research Reading List

The System: Works Mentioned in the Text

Safe: Research Reading List

All Involved: Research Reading List

Contemporary Crime

Los Angeles: Non-Fiction

Los Angeles: Social Crime

Los Angeles: Noir
