John Gilmore (writer)

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John Gilmore
John Gilmore
Born	(1935-07-05)July 5, 1935 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	October 13, 2016(2016-10-13) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist poet memoirist non-fiction author
Genre	Literary fiction, true crime

John "Jonathan" Gilmore (July 5, 1935 – October 13, 2016)^[1] was an American author and gonzo journalist known for iconoclastic Hollywood memoirs, true crime literature and hard-boiled fiction.

A motion picture, television and stage actor in Los Angeles and New York in the 1950s, Gilmore has also written about his encounter with Elizabeth Short a.k.a. "The Black Dahlia" during his youth. Gilmore emerged as a writer from the Beat Generation in the '60s, influenced by Jack Kerouac and befriended by author William S. Burroughs. The publication of his true crime book "Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia," ushered in a cult following for the author. His manuscripts and original writings are housed in the special collections department of the Research Library of the University of California at Los Angeles.