Equally informative for both the novice and the more experienced paranormal adventurer, Ghost Hunter's Guide to Los Angeles offers visitors and residents a chance to see beyond the surface of usual tourist haunts. Numerous sites of natural disasters, criminal activity, suicides, and other tragic events abound in the greater Los Angeles area, providing hundreds of opportunities for ghost hunting. Ghost hunter Jeff Dwyer suggests sites from Hollywood to Long Beach, as well as spots in nearby San Diego and Santa Barbara, and describes in simple terms how to look for and interact with supernatural phenomena. For the nonbeliever, this book can guide one to interesting and unusual spots that other travelers might miss.
Jeff Dwyer is the author of an 7-book series of non-fiction guides for ghost hunters published by Pelican Publishers of Gretna, LA. He has authored eighteen articles for medical journals, chapters for two textbooks, three novels, one hundred and fifty songs, and two screenplays for television.
Born in the heart of the San Francisco Bay area, Jeff spent his early years in the small island community of Alameda where he developed a love for sailing, fishing, and local history and a fascination with the ships and airplanes of the nearby naval air station.
In college, Jeff became an All-American swimmer while pursuing his interests in the medical sciences in which he earned a bachelor's degree, two Master of Science degrees, and a Ph. D. This education landed him jobs at prestigious institutions, among them Duke University and the University of Southern California. Currently, Jeff works as a clinical specialist in cardiology.
Inspiration for Jeff's writing projects comes from his personal experience and keen sensitivity to the emotional and spiritual aspects of issues facing people today. His most recent novel, Passages Home, takes readers into the heart and mind of a veteran of the war in Iraq. The story explores spiritual and emotional wounds known as post-traumatic stress disorder, and a process of healing discovered in then vineyards, forests, beaches, and meadows surrounding the northern California town of Mendocino.
Fascinated with the paranormal, Jeff is an active paranormal investigator, researcher, lecturer, and consultant. Visit www.jeffdwyer.com to read about his investigations.
Jeff Dwyer is an accomplished public speaker having addressed audiences in excess of 2,000 people on a wide variety of topics ranging from paranormal phenomena to issues in medical research. He has been a frequent guest on radio and television in the San Francisco Bay Area.
