Angel City Press
Angel City Press at Los Angeles Public Library was co-founded in 1992 by Scott McAuley and Paddy Calistro as a small Los Angeles–based publisher of richly illustrated nonfiction books focused on the culture, history, and architecture of Southern California. Their inaugural publication, Hollywood du Jour, documented legendary Hollywood restaurants through recipes and stories. Over the years ACP published more than 135 titles with more than 100 Southern California authors.
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Angel City Press
- Name
- Angel City Press
- Founded
- 1992.
- Activity
- library publishing.
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Overview
In December 2023, the founders donated the press to the Los Angeles Public Library under City Librarian John Szabo so that its mission of telling Los Angeles stories would continue under the library's stewardship. The press is now run by Editorial Director Terri Accomazzo.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Angel City Press • Parent — Los Angeles Public Library • Founder — Scott McAuley and Paddy Calistro • Country — United States • Headquarters — Los Angeles • Distribution — Simon & Schuster • Publications — Terri Accomazzo
Selected titles
Selected titles
• Elements of Los Angeles: Earth, Water, Air, Fire — D.J. Waldie (2025) • Cruising J‑Town: Japanese American Car Culture in Los Angeles – Oliver Wang (2025) • Art Deco Los Angeles – Robert Landau & Frans Evenhuis (2025) • Los Angeles Before the Freeways: Images of an Era 1850‑1950 – Nathan Marsak & Arnold Hylen (2025) • Bowlarama: The Architecture of Mid‑Century Bowling – Chris Nichols & Adriene Biondo (2024) • California Eden: Heritage Landscapes of the Golden State – Christine Edstrom O'Hara & Susan Chamberlin (2024) • Thomas Mann's Los Angeles: Stories from Exile 1940‑1952 – Nikolai Blaumer & Benno Herz (2022)
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Institutional history
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1992
Angel City Press established.
1992
Angel City Press is recorded from 1992.
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Awards
2023 Winner, California Book Award: Kaos Theory: The Afrokosmic Ark of Ben Caldwell 2024 Winner, California Book Award: Terminal Island: Lost Communities on America's Edge 2025 Winner, Golden Poppy Award, Glenn Goldman California Lifestyle: Cruising J-Town: Japanese American Car Culture in Los Angeles
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Angel City Press is keeping the history of LA alive, one book at a time. 2018-10-19.
- 2.Welcome to Angel City Press at Los Angeles Public Library. 2024-12-31.
- 3.Angel City Press: L.A. through the Pages. PBS SoCal.
- 4.Peet, Lisa. City Librarian: John Szabo Is LJ's 2025 Librarian of the Year. Library Journal.
- 5.About Angel City Press at Los Angeles Public Library Los Angeles Public Library. www.lapl.org.
- 6.Ruland, Jim. The L.A. Public Library is getting into book publishing. Why it makes total sense. Los Angeles Times. 2024-01-08.
- 7.Why the L.A. Public Library Acquired a Book Publisher (Published 2024). 2024-01-29.
- 8.Los Angeles Public Library branches out into book publishing. spectrumnews1.com.
- 9.An indie publisher finds its future – with a public library. Christian Science Monitor. 0882-7729.
- 10.Authors - Angel City Press at Los Angeles Public Library.
- 11.Golden Poppy Book Awards 2025.
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