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Luellen Smiley

Born

in Los Angeles , The United States

May 11, 1953

Twitter

https://twitter.com/SMILEYSDICE

Genre

Memoir, Crime, History

Influences

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As the daughter of Allen Smiley, Bugsy Siegel’s best friend and business partner, Luellen was raised amongst the elite of organized crime.
Ten years after her father's death Luellen embarked on a mission of discovery. She evolved into a gangster authority by researching his criminal history through thousands of classified FBI, and DOJ documents, interviews and conversations with relatives, ex-mob guys, and authors. She is a straight-shooter, lively, highly intelligent, well-researched and a strongly opinionated published writer and mob historian. (NY Post, MORE Magazine).

Luellen’s “Smiley’s Dice” stories appeared weekly in San Diego newspapers for seven years and she earned a Blue Ribbon award for these from the California Newspaper Associ ...more

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Luellen Smiley's Blog

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According to Co-Pilot, the Earth spins at 1,040 miles per...

According to Co-Pilot, the Earth spins at 1,040 miles per hour from the equator. Humans spin: ‘The average walking speed for humans is about 3 to 4 miles per hour’ in different directions. Our rotator, the interior speed dial in our futuristic culture, reminds me of chasing a speeding car. We accelerate one day, and a day later, we are behind. Why catch up with a runaway virtual speedometer?