Please join us on Saturday, November 21st from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. PT as Anne Soon Choi discusses her newest book, L.A. Coroner; Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood with our own, Jennifer K. Morita.
Anne Soon Choi is a historian and professor of Asian American Studies and university administrator at California State University, Northridge. Choi has previously served on the faculty of Swarthmore College and the University of Kansas. She is an Andrew Mellon Fellow and an American Council of Learned Societies Digital Ethnic Studies Fellow. Choi lives and writes in Los Angeles, California.
L.A. Coroner won the Rollins Book Award which recognizes significant contributions to the study of American culture from the Southwest Popular Culture Association in 2026. Also, L.A. Coroner has been nominated for the 2026 Anthony Award for Best Critical Nonfiction.
L.A. Coroner is a gripping, first-ever, true crime biography of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the controversial "Coroner to the Stars" who performed the autopsies of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, Natalie Wood, and hundreds of other notable personalities. Dr. Noguchi, the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of Los Angeles County from 1967 to 1982, was the inspiration for the popular 1970-80s television drama Quincy, M.E. starring Jack Klugman.
You can purchase Anne's book here.
You can contact Anne here: annesoonchoi.com
