Mitzi Roberts Archives

Connelly has said he was inspired by real-life LAPD detective Mitzi Roberts, who has been on the job for 24 years and has been a consultant on the Bosch series By then, Bosch had retired from the force and was working as a private investigator, and Connelly introduced her as a possible replacement for Bosch[...]

Mitzi Roberts from the LAPD who has been one of the technical advisors for the shows A former bartender who became a tough-talking, wise-cracking detective, Roberts has worked the gamut of cases in the LAPD, including hunting down a prolific serial killer Ballard is half-Samoan with a love of surfing who grew up in Hawaii[...]

At a California Book Club talk where Connelly spoke to Detective Mitzi Roberts, the inspiration for Ballard, he confirmed that he hopes to bring her character to television. "Bosch: Legacy" key art, IMDb/FreeVee Renée Ballard made her debut in Connelly's 2017 novel The Late Show so that Connelly could continue to tell stories set in the LAPD[...]