Steve Vaught is an author and historian who specializes in Southern California architecture and social history. He has written about Palm Springs’s rich history in The Committee of Twenty-Five, The First 65 Years, 1948–2013 (2014); Sentinels in Stone, Palm Springs Historic Tennis Club Neighborhood and its Iconic Walls (2015); and Einstein Dreamt Here, The Willows Historic Palm Springs Inn (with Tracy Conrad) (2015). Steve lives in Palm Springs.