Al Martinez Author

Al Martinez (1929-2015) served in the Marine reserves while a student at San Francisco State College before being called to active duty in Korea. He served there from April, 1951, to April, 1952, first on the front lines and then in his Regiment's Public Information Office as a combat correspondent and newsletter writer and editor. After returning home, he began his career as a journalist in Oakland. Enticed to join the Los Angeles Times in 1971, he became a featured columnist for the paper in 1984. For the next 23 years, his columns appeared regularly, earning him many awards, including three shared Pulitzer Prizes and a National Headline Award for the best column in the U.S. Sara S. "Sue" Hodson is the retired curator of literary manuscripts for The Huntington Library. A fellow of the Society of American Archivists, she writes and lectures widely on archival and literary topics. She lives in Pasadena, California.