Dennis Hopper Biographer Rides Wave of L.A. Times Publicity

Thanks to a massive amount of interest sparked by this weekend’s L.A. Times profile piece by Nita Lelyveld, North Hollywood author Peter L. Winkler is suddenly sitting pretty. The disabled first-time writer, who because of rheumatoid arthritis tapped out his tome about Dennis Hopper one chopstick-touch at a time, has discovered just how much of an impact a supportive tweet and Facebook post by Roger Ebert can have.

“The first run [of 1,500] is almost sold out now via Amazon and Barnes & Noble,” Winkler tells FishbowlLA via telephone.

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