Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez met Ayers at Pershing Square in 2005, and discovered his background at Juilliard.
The term, "The Badlands", was popularized in part by the novel Third and Indiana by then Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Steve Lopez.
He has also written a collection of his works from The Philadelphia Inquirer titled Land of Giants.
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He wrote the novels Third and Indiana, The Sunday Macaroni Club, and In the Clear.
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In October 2010, Los Angeles city attorney Carmen Trutanich invited Lopez to participate in a driving test while under the influence of marijuana.
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