Birds of Paradise Novel Contest

Steve Lopez is a columnist for The Los Angeles Times and is the author of three novels and a book of non-fiction, and he's written ...

"I'm inviting all readers to help me write a novel. My column in next Sunday's paper (March 30th) will be Chapter 1 of "Birds of Paradise: A Novel Collaboration." Readers like you will write Chapters 2, 3, 4 and so on, a chapter a day that will appear both in the pages of The Times and on our website daily until the L.A. Times Festival of Books on April 26 and 27 at UCLA."

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• Be aware this contest is for California residents only.
• Contest rules