Biography

James Ellroy dedicated his book "The Cold Six Thousand" to his friend Bill Stoner.

Is a close friend of famous crime novelist James Ellroy. The two met during the investigation of the unsolved murder of Jean Ellroy, which served as the basis of Ellroy's non-fiction book "My Dark Places".

Worked in the Unsolved Homicide Division of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department.

Among his assignements in LASD, he served as a Gang Enforcement Officer in O.S.S. unit (Operation Safe Street) and as a Homicide Investigator.

He is a veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department.