title: The Yellow Canary: Book 1: The L.A. AFTER MIDNIGHT Quartet
author:  Steve Neil Johnson 
description: You can learn more about Steve Neil Johnson at his web site: SteveNeilJohnson.com. Steve is the author of the bestselling Doug Orlando mysteries, FINAL ATONEMENT (Lambda Literary Award finalist for Best Mystery) and FALSE CONFESSIONS. The books grew out of his experiences working for the District Attorney of Brooklyn. His other books include the occult thriller THIS ENDLESS NIGHT, the young adult novel RAISING KANE, and the middle-grade book (under the pseudonym Rathbone Ravenford) EVERYBODY HATES EDGAR ALLAN POE! He was honored by ONE/National Gay &amp; Lesbian Archives for his contributions to gay literature. He is a longtime resident of Los Angeles, where he is writing his four-book four-decade spanning saga of gay life from the 1950s to the 1980s, The L.A. AFTER MIDNIGHT Quartet. The first book in the series, THE YELLOW CANARY, was a Lambda Literary Award finalist for Best Mystery.THE BLACK CAT is the second book in the series. The third, THE BLUE PARROT, was recently released. In order to fully enjoy the series, the author recommends the books be read in the order written, starting with THE YELLOW CANARY.
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  **_Praise for the books of Steve Neil
  
  
  Johnson:_**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **_The Yellow Canary:_**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Terrific…Steve
  
  
  Neil Johnson writes like a _You Are There_ newscaster—breathless,
  
  
  on-the-spot reporting—and paints word images like a Weegee crime photo. His is
  
  
  the voice of a generation of gays who had only just begun, haltingly and
  
  
  courageously, to speak for themselves. Come for the page-turning storytelling,
  
  
  stay for the engrossing journey to a historical era that lies at the roots of
  
  
  modern day liberation. It’s a great book.” --Eric A. Gordon, author of _Mark
  
  
  the Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “This is a real
  
  
  treat—believable characters who illuminate the dark just before the dawn of
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  liberation. A bonus is the richly detailed backdrop of Los Angeles in 1956,
  
  
  including political corruption, real estate scams, Hollywood scandals and
  
  
  organized crime. I’m looking forward to the sequels.” --Peter Cashorali,
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