M. G. Lord

M. G. Lord is the author of Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science (2005), a cultural history of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as well as the basis for LA Made: Blood, Sweat and Rockets (2022), a limited series podcast for LAist Studios that she co-wrote and hosted. She is also the author of Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll (reissued with a new introduction in 2024) and the basis for LA Made: The Barbie Tapes (2023), also from LAist Studios. She an associate professor of the practice of English at the University of Southern California.