Featured Authors
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Berthe AmossThe Chalk Cross
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Barry Jean AnceletOne Generation at a Time: Biography of a Cajun and Creole Music FestivalBarry Jean Ancelet is a native Louisiana French-speaking Cajun, born in Church Point and raised in Lafayette. He has published articles and books on various aspects of Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole cultures and languages, including Cajun and Creole Music Makers, Cajun Country, Cajun Music: Origins and Development and Cajun and Creole Folktales. He has also contributed to numerous documentary films, including Against the Tide. Schedule Book Signing |
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W. Thomas AngersMy Wars: Nazis, Mobsters, Gambling & Corruption - Col. Francis C. Grevemberg RemembersW. Thomas Angers is an author, publisher and attorney in Lafayette, Louisiana. An advocate for Louisiana political reform, he has made a life-long study of Louisiana history. His family publishes Acadiana Profile, the longest-living independent magazine in Louisiana history and one of the longest-running regional magazines in America. He is the founder of Beau Bayou Publishing Company, a Louisiana book publisher. Schedule Book Signing |
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Rebeca AntoineVoices Rising: Stories from the Katina Narrative Project (Editor)Rebeca Antoine, Editor of Voices Rising: Stories from the Katrina Narrative Project was born in Connecticut and is a graduate of Yale University and the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans. Her fiction has appeared in numerous venues including Gulfstream and The Briar Cliff Review. Schedule Book Signing |
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Edwin T. ArnoldWhite Masculinity in the Recent South (Contributor)Edwin T. Arnold is professor of English at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. He is author of books on William Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy, Erskine Caldwell, the film director Robert Aldrich and 19th century humorist Henry Clay Lewis. Arnold is also editor of the Faulkner Journal. Schedule Made possible in part through a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
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Jan ArrigoPlantations and Historic Homes of New OrleansJan Arrigo, author of Plantations and Historic Homes of New Orleans: Cemeteries of New Orleans, A Journey through the Cities of the Dead and New Orleans, has also contributed to Sixty Candles, Reflections on the Writing Life and The American Art Book, among others. Schedule Book Signing |
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Howard BahrPelican RoadHoward Bahr earned his master’s degree in English from the University of Mississippi and previously served as curator of Rowan Oak, the home of William Faulkner, from 1982 to 1993. The author of three highly acclaimed Civil War novels—The Black Flower, The Year of Jubilo and The Judas Field—he currently resides in Jackson, Mississippi, and teaches at Belhaven College. Schedule Book Signing |
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Fredrick P. BartonVoices Rising: Stories from the Katrina Narrative Project (Afterward)UNO English Professor and Gambit Weekly film columnist Fredrick Barton’s novels include The El Cholo Feeling Passes, Courting Pandemonium, With Extreme Prejudice and the William Faulkner prize-winning A House Divided. His many awards include a Louisiana Arts Prize, the New Orleans Press Club’s Alex Waller Award and the Louisiana Bar Association’s Stephen T. Victory Award. Schedule Book Signing |
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Jack B. BedellCall and Response: A Conversation in Verse (Forthcoming)Born and raised in south Louisiana, Jack B. Bedell teaches at Southeastern Louisiana University where he serves as Editor of Louisiana Literature. His first book, At the Bonehouse, won the 1997 Texas Review Prize; and his chapbook, What Passes for Love, was the winner of the 2000 Texas Review Chapbook Competition. Schedule 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Book Signing |
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Stewart BellBayou of Pigs: The True Story of an Audacious Plot to Turn a Tropical Island into a Criminal ParadiseStewart Bell is an award-winning investigative journalist with Canada’s The National Post and the author of three non-fiction books, most recently Bayou of Pigs. He was awarded the Amnesty International prize for his magazine article about child soldiers in West Africa. His magazine article about the Algerian terrorist known as the “Millennium Bomber” was made into a television movie. Schedule Book Signing |
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Shane K. BernardCajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History
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Ada BidiucPanelistAda Bidiuc is living in New Orleans, where she is currently getting certified to teach grade school. She enjoys competitive crochet, Hegel, and helicopters. In the near future, she says she "hopes to see higher levees and Reggie Bush as mayor, because he tends to generally run in the right direction." Schedule |
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Katherine BlairGuestKatherine Blair grew up in a family of bilingual readers developing a great love of literature. She represented Tangipahoa Parish at the Louisiana Governors Conference on Libraries and started the Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) in Hammond. A charter member of The Book Club in Hammond, she shares experience and insight with everyone she meets. Schedule |
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Jennifer BlakeGuarded HeartJennifer Blake has been called an “Icon of the Romance Industry” for her enduring career in the genre. A charter member of Romance Writers of America, Blake is a recipient of the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award and belongs to the RWA Hall of Fame. She holds numerous other honors, including two Holt Medallions and a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times magazine. Schedule Book Signing |
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Lesley M. M. BlumeTennysonLesley M. M. Blume is a journalist and author of three critically- acclaimed books for Knopf: Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters, The Rising Star of Rusty Nail and Tennyson. She lives in New York City. Schedule 2 PM – 2:45 PM Book Signing |
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Darrell BourqueLouisiana State Poet Laureate, 2007-2008The Blue Boat
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Missy BowenVoices Rising: Stories from the Katrina Narrative Project (Contributor)A Minnesota native, Missy Bowen earned her BA from Grinnell College and anticipates receiving her MFA from the University of New Orleans in spring 2009. She manages operations for the University of New Orleans Department of Music and hosts a blues show Thursday nights on WWOZ-FM. Schedule |
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Amanda BoydenBabylon RollingAmanda Boyden is the author of two novels, Babylon Rolling, a tale set in pre-Katrina New Orleans, and Pretty Little Dirty, released in 2006. She is a writer-in-residence at the University of New Orleans and is married to Canadian author, Joseph Boyden. She has lived in the Crescent City fifteen years and calls it home. Schedule Book Signing |
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Rick BraggThe Prince of FrogtownRick Bragg is the bestselling author of All Over but the Shoutin, Somebody Told Me, Ava’s Man and I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story. In addition to his 1996 Pulitzer for Feature Writing, Bragg has twice won the prestigious American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award and more than fifty writing awards in his twenty year career. After residing in New Orleans, he now lives in Alabama where he teaches writing in the journalism department of The University of Alabama. Schedule Book Signing |
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Danny BrownShooting the Pistol: Courtside Photos of Pete Maravich at LSUDanny Brown began his career in 1969 as a journalist and photographer for the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate newspaper. Among his more notable assignments were historic Apollo moon missions 12, 14, 16 and 17 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Before retiring in 2005, he served for thirty-two years as a communications director and photographer for the State of Louisiana. Schedule Book Signing |
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Meredith Mason BrownFrontiersman: Daniel Boone and the Making of AmericaMeredith Mason Brown, for years a partner in an international law firm, now lives in Stonington, Connecticut. He graduated from Harvard College, majoring in American history, and from Harvard Law School. He has written many articles on American history. His ancestors in Virginia and Kentucky knew Boone well. Schedule Made possible in part through a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the HumanitiesBook Signing |
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MaryKatherine CallawayModeratorMaryKatherine Callaway is director of the Louisiana State University Press, a position she has held since July 2003. Callaway worked for thirteen years for the Johns Hopkins University Press in Baltimore and London. She also worked for the University of Georgia Press. Ms. Callaway is the sixth director in the LSU Press’s history, overseeing a staff of around forty and the publication of approximately 85 books per year. Schedule |
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Nancy CartwrightMy Life As a Ten-Year Old BoyNancy Cartwright is familiar to millions around the world as the voice of Bart Simpson, a role she has been performing since 1987. She lives in the Los Angeles area. Schedule Book Signing |
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Jean CasselsBr'er Rabbit Captured!: A Dr. David Harleyson Adventure
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Toni McGee CauseyBobbie Faye’s (kinda, sorta, not exactly) Family JewelsToni McGee Causey lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She and her husband, Carl, are licensed general contractors; and, in order to support her writing addiction, they run their own company, specializing in civil construction. Schedule Book Signing |
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Christopher ChambersPanelistChristopher Chambers has been editor of New Orleans Review since 2000. His work has been published in The Gettysburg Review, Carolina Quarterly, Indiana Review, Denver Quarterly, Florida Review, Notre Dame Review and in the anthologies French Quarter Fiction and Best American Mystery Stories 2003. Chambers received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for creative writing in 2008. Schedule |
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Andrei CodrescuJealous Witness: PoemsAndrei Codrescu is a poet, novelist, essayist and screenwriter, as well as a columnist on National Public Radio and editor of Exquisite Corpse, a literary journal online at www.corpse.org. He is the MacCurdy Distinguished Professor of English at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Schedule 4 PM – 4:45 PM Book Signing |
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Cheré CoenModeratorAcadiana resident Cheré Coen teaches Mass Market Novel Writing at UL Lafayette Potpourri, is the author of The Acadians historical series under the pen name of Cherie Claire and the upcoming Cajun Country Cookbook. Schedule |
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Barbara ColleyWash and Die: A Charlotte LaRue MysteryBarbara Colley is an award-winning author whose books have been published in sixteen foreign languages. A native of Louisiana, she lives with her family in a suburb of New Orleans. Wash and Die is her seventh Charlotte LaRue mystery. Schedule Book Signing |
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William ConescuBeing Written: A NovelWilliam Conescu grew up in New Orleans and now lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His short stories have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, New Letters, Green Mountains Review and elsewhere. Being Written is his first novel. Schedule Book Signing |
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Alex V. CookPanelistAlex V. Cook is an author, journalist and music critic living Baton Rouge, LA. His work has appeared in The Believer, The Oxford American, DownBeat, Paste Magazine, Hails and Horns and The Wire, and his first collection of essays Darkness, Racket and Twang: Essential Listening from the Fringes of Popular and Unpopular Culture was published by Side Cartel in 2006. Schedule 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM Book Signing |
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Andreé CosbyGuestAndreé Cosby teaches English at Southeastern Louisiana University where she is the chairperson for LA Literati, the creative writers group. She is a co-founder of St. Tammany Writers Group and writes a poetry column for St. Tammany News. Schedule |
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Jacques CouvillonThe Chicken DanceJacques Couvillon grew up on a farm in Cow Island, Louisiana, and dreamed of one day becoming a writer. After studying for several years in New York, he completed his first novel, The Chicken Dance. Although not autobiographical, Couvillon used many of his experiences of growing up in a small Vermilion Parish community to write the book. Schedule Book Signing |
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Walter G. CowanLouisiana Governors: Rulers, Rascals, and ReformersIn forty years of journalism, Walter Greaves Cowan was reporter and editor of the New Orleans States-Item and also vice-president of the Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation. He coauthored New Orleans Yesterday and Today: A Guide to the City and Louisiana Yesterday and Today: A Guide to the State. Schedule Book Signing |
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Connie CoxTaking FlightConnie Cox is a Southern gal, born and raised. She is married to a great man; and they have a brilliant daughter who has graced them with a fantastic son-in-law. Her first job as an electrical engineer was in West Monroe, Louisiana. She’s been writing for nine years and plans to write for another ninety. Schedule Book Signing |
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Jim DavisModeratorSchedule |
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Paul F. DietzelCall Me Coach: A Life in College FootballPaul F. Dietzel and his wife of more than sixty years, Anne, live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and spend summers in Beech Mountain, North Carolina. His previous books include Wing-T and the Chinese Bandits and Coaching Football. Schedule Book Signing |
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Ann B. DobieFifty-Eight Days in the Cajundome Shelter
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Susan V. DonaldsonWhite Masculinity in the Recent South (Contributor)Susan V. Donaldson is the author of Competing Voices: The American Novel, 1865-1914, which won a Choice “Outstanding Academic Book” award. She has co-edited Haunted Bodies: Gender and Southern Texts and most recently a special double issue of The Faulkner Journal on memory and history, as well as guest-edited two special double issues of The Faulkner Journal on sexuality and masculinity. Schedule Made possible in part through a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the HumanitiesBook Signing |
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Scott DouglasQuiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public LibrarianScott Douglas has been chronicling his job experiences at the Anaheim Public Library for McSweeney's Internet Tendencies since 2003. He also teaches humor and memoir writing classes for the Gotham Writers' Workshop. He maintains a blog at speakquietly.blogspot.com. Schedule 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM Book Signing |
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Johnette DowningMy Aunt Came Back from LouisianeJohnette Downing is an internationally recognized singer/songwriter who performs original children’s music inspired by her Louisiana heritage. When not touring the globe performing her “music for children with Louisiana spice,” she resides in New Orleans. She is also the author of Today Is Monday in Louisiana and Down in Louisiana. Schedule 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM Book Signing |
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Gerald DuffFire Ants: And Other StoriesGerald Duff’s title story of Fire Ants won the Cohen Prize from Ploughshares Magazine, was cited in Best American Short Stories and was republished in The Editors’ Choice: New American Stories. He has published two collections of poetry and six novels, including Indian Giver; That’s All Right, Mama: The Unauthorized Life of Elvis’s Twin; Memphis Ribs; Coasters; and Fire Ants. Schedule Book Signing |
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John DufresneRequiem, Mass.: A NovelJohn Dufresne is the author of two collections of short stories, a book on writing fiction and four novels, including Louisiana Power & Light and most recently Requiem, Mass. He lives in South Florida and teaches creative writing at Florida International University. Schedule Book Signing |
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Sue EakinSolomon Northrup’s Twelve Years a Slave
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David EganPanelistDavid Egan's songs have been covered by Joe Cocker, Solomon Burke, Etta James, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, John Mayall and Mavis Staples, as well as Louisiana legends Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball, Percy Sledge and Johnny Adams. Presently, David is touring behind his second solo album release, You Don't Know Your Mind. Schedule |
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Pamela Binnings EwenThe Moon in the Mango TreePamela Binnings Ewen practiced law for twenty-five years and previously wrote Faith On Trial. Her first novel was Walk Back The Cat, released in 2006. Her third book is The Moon in the Mango Tree. Her newest manuscript, Dancing on Glass, was shortlisted as a finalist for the 2007 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. Schedule Book Signing |
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Mark FernandezModeratorMark Fernandez is Professor of Early American and Southern History at Loyola University in New Orleans. He's also a performing singer songwriter. His debut album Here I Am was released in 2004. He's currently at work on a book about songwriting and southern culture. Schedule |
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Arthur Lee FordWhen the Whippoorwill Sang:
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Joe FormichellaStaying Ahead of the Posse: The Ben Jobe Story
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James Fox-SmithMagazine: Country RoadsJames Fox-Smith has been executive editor of Country Roads magazine since 1995. Each month Country Roads explores the region's art, music, cuisine, history, people, architecture, outdoor adventures, hidden treasures, myths and legends and fact and fiction. It's James' job to make it all make sense. Born in England and raised in Australia, James has lived in Louisiana for fifteen years. Schedule |
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John FultonThe Animal Girl: Two Novellas and Three StoriesJohn Fulton is the author of three books of fiction: Retribution, winner of the Southern Review Short Fiction Award; the novel More Than Enough, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection; and The Animal Girl, which was short-listed for The Story Prize. He teaches in the MFA program at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Schedule Book Signing |
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Norman GermanIn the Eye: A Collection of Writings (Contributor)Norman German is fiction editor of Louisiana Literature at Southeastern Louisiana University. His stories appear in literary and commercial magazines. His novel No Other World fictionalizes the life of Marie Thérèze, the ex-slave slaveholder who founded Melrose Plantation. His novel A Savage Wisdom dramatizes the life of the only woman executed in Louisiana’s electric chair. Schedule Book Signing |
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Dan GillMonth-by-Month Gardening in Louisiana:
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Michael Gates GillHow Starbucks Saved My Life:
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Victor GischlerGo-Go Girls of the Apocalypse: A NovelVictor Gischler is a former English professor and the author of Gun Monkeys, The Pistol Poets, Suicide Squeeze and Shotgun Opera. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Visit him at VictorGischler.blogspot.com. Schedule Book Signing |
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Lloyd GraftonPanelistLloyd Grafton is an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, Louisiana. Having served in the United States Army Infantry, 1st Cavalry Division, he worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs before joining the ATF. He played a key undercover role in the Dominica coup investigation. Schedule Book Signing |
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C. S. GrahamThe Archangel ProjectC. S. Graham is the pseudonym of writing team Steven Harris, a former Army Intelligence officer, and Candice Proctor, who also writes the Sebastian St. Cyr mystery series under the name C. S. Harris. The two met at a New Orleans writers group in 2001. They now share a thriller series, a marriage and family, seven cats and some great Hurricane Katrina stories. Schedule Book Signing |
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Elsa HahneYou Are Where You Eat:
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Arthur HardyMardi Gras in New Orleans: An Illustrated HistoryArthur Hardy’s award-winning Mardi Gras Guide magazine has sold more than two million copies. His hardback illustrated history of Mardi Gras is in its third printing. Hardy has also published books on the Fair Grounds Race Track, the New Orleans Saints and the history of New Orleans prep football, as well as the works of Ronnie Virgets. Schedule Book Signing |
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M. A. HarperThe Year of Past ThingsNew Orleanian M. A. Harper gave up painting for writing upon discovering no picture can always equal 1,000 words. Her novels include The Worst Day of My Life, So Far (a BookSense and Barnes & Noble Discover pick), For the Love of Robert E. Lee and The Year of Past Things. Schedule 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM Book Signing |
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Jack HeflinThe Map of LeavingJack Heflin’s first collection of poetry, The Map of Leaving, won the Montana First Book Award. His poems have also appeared in many journals, including The Antioch Review, Poetry Northwest, Nimrod, Willow Springs, The Missouri Review, Green Mountains Review and Poetry East and in several anthologies, most recently Sarabande Books’ A Fine Excess: Contemporary Literature at Play. Schedule Made possible in part through a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the HumanitiesBook Signing |
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Danny HeitmanA Summer of Birds: John James Audubon at Oakley HouseDanny Heitman is an award-winning columnist for The Baton Rouge Advocate and a member of The Advocate’s editorial board. Heitman’s essays have appeared in Smithsonian, The Christian Science Monitor and other national publications. In 2007, Heitman was awarded the Templeton Foundation’s national “In Character Prize” for distinguished commentary on human virtue. Schedule Book Signing |
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DeAndre HillPerformerDeAndre Hill is a senior at Broadmoor High School and a member of the 2008 ALL CITY Poetry Slam Team. He's been participating in WordPlay's ongoing after-school workshop group (WordCrew) for one year. DeAndre likes to rap, plays piano and sings. Schedule |
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Kenneth HolditchThe New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (Contributor)Dr. Kenneth Holditch is co-author of Galatoire's: Biography of a Bistro and creator of literary tours of the French Quarter. A native of Mississippi, he is the founding editor of the Tennessee Williams Journal and author of numerous published short stories, poems and essays. He is also the co-author of Tennessee Williams and the South. Schedule Book Signing |
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John R. House, IIIModeratorJohn R. House III has been a Park Ranger with the Fairfax County Park Authority and a Manager of Fort Gaines State Historic Site on Alabama’s Dauphin Island. He has worked the last eighteen years in Louisiana at Mansfield Battlefield State Historic Site in Mansfield, Louisiana, and more recently at Audubon State Historic Site in St. Francisville, Louisiana. Schedule |
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Mike HowellPanelistCaptain Mike Howell is a charter boat operator in New Orleans and a member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. A former member of the 334th Helicopter Co., he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal for Heroism for his service in Vietnam. Schedule Book Signing |
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Suzanne HudsonIn a Temple of TreesSuzanne Hudson, the author of a short story collection, Opposable Thumbs, and two novels, In a Temple of Trees and In the Dark of the Moon, has also been included in anthologies such as Stories from the Blue Moon Café; The Alumni Grill; Climbing Mt. Cheaha; A Kudzu Christmas; and State of Humor. Schedule Book Signing |
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Elizabeth Singer HuntSecret Agent Jack Stalwart Children's Book SeriesElizabeth Singer Hunt grew up in River Ridge, Louisiana, and now lives in California. She moved to the UK in 1999 to pursue an MA in Southeast Asian Studies and worked in brand marketing. Inspired by her love of travel and the birth of her son, she created the Jack Stalwart series. Schedule Book Signing |
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Immaculée IlibagizaLed by Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan GenocideImmaculée Ilibagiza lost most of her family during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Four years later, she began working at the United Nations in New York City. She is now a full-time public speaker and writer. In 2007, she established the Left to Tell Charitable Fund, which helps support Rwandan orphans. Ilibagiza was awarded The Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace 2007. Schedule Made possible through a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
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Laura M. JewettA Delicate Dance:
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Ben JobeStaying Ahead of the Posse: The Ben Jobe StoryBen Jobe, one generation removed from slavery, spent forty-five years coaching at more than a dozen schools in several different states across two continents, piling up over five hundred victories in the process. Staying Ahead of the Posse represents both his life story and his life philosophy. Schedule Book Signing |
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Catina JohnsonPerformerCatina Johnson is a senior at McKinley High School and a member of the 2008 ALL CITY Poetry Slam Team. She's been participating in WordPlay's ongoing after-school workshop group (WordCrew) for two years. Catina is also president of Teen 360's youth board. Schedule |
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Rheta Grimsley JohnsonPoor Man’s Provence: Finding Myself in Cajun LouisianaRheta Grimsley Johnson has covered the South for over three decades as a newspaper reporter and columnist. She has won numerous awards and was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1991. Syndicated today by King Features of New York, Johnson’s column appears in newspapers nationwide. Schedule Book Signing |
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William JoyceLouisiana Writer Award RecipientWilliam Joyce has produced two animated television shows based on his books: Rolie Polie Olie and George Shrinks. He also produced and designed the animated feature film Robots. His children’s books include Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo, Santa Calls, The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs and Bently & Egg. Schedule Book Signing |
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Pam KasterMolly the Pony: A True StoryPam Kaster is the author of Zydeco Goes to Horse Camp, an editor of the Equine Facilitated Mental Health Association newsletter and a member of Equine Photographers Network. She has been a disaster-preparedness volunteer for twenty years and managed a Red Cross shelter during Hurricane Katrina. Schedule Book Signing |
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Rick KelleyMusical PerformerRick Kelley is a graduate from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor's in Music Education. He is a former teacher who has taught in both Southern California and Chicago area schools. Rick Kelley's award-winning, interactive, energetic and extremely fun performances are designed to inspire people to get involved! Schedule 2 PM – 3 PM 4:45 PM – 5:30 PM |
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John KempThe Solace of Nature: A Photographer’s JourneyJohn Kemp, deputy director for the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, has written for France Magazine, Travel-Holiday, Southern Magazine, Country Roads, Louisiana Life, Louisiana Cultural Vistas,Fodor’s Guide to New Orleans and The Times-Picayune. Among Kemp’s books are The Solace of Nature: A Photographer’s Journey and Manchac Swamp: Louisiana’s Undiscovered Wilderness, with nature photographer Julia Sims, and Rolland Golden: The Journeys of a Southern Artist. Schedule Book Signing |
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Gilbert KingThe Execution of Willie Francis:
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Charles LaneThe Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of ReconstructionCharles Lane, author of The Day Freedom Died, is a member of The Washington Post editorial board. He was previously that newspaper’s Supreme Court correspondent, editor of The New Republic and a foreign correspondent for Newsweek. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard in 1983 and studied law at Yale. He lives in the Washington area. Schedule Book Signing |
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Mike LaneThe Chefs of RodnReel.com: A Fishing and Hunting Camp CookbookThrough his web site, RodnReel.com, Mike Lane is at the helm of one of the most popular sources of outdoors information in the country. In addition to his publishing, writing and speaking duties, Lane is active in the Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association (LOWA) and the Southeast Outdoor Press Association and manages a team of writers, programmers and page designers from his Metairie headquarters. Schedule Book Signing |
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Greg LangleyInterviewerGreg Langley is a native of Morgan County, Tennessee, and a graduate of the University of Tennessee. He has been a working journalist for 25 years and has been books editor at The Advocate, Baton Rouge, since 1997. He lives with his wife, Lori, and three sons, Austin, Phil and Billy Joe, in Denham Springs, Louisiana. Schedule |
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Susan LarsonInterviewerSusan Larson has been the book editor at The Times-Picayune since 1988; she is the author of the 1999 book, The Booklover’s Guide to New Orleans, currently being updated for a new edition. A published author of fiction and non-fiction, Larson is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. In 2007, she received a lifetime achievement award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Schedule |
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Tika LaudunModeratorTika Laudun’s award winning work as documentary director and producer includes the Louisiana: A History series and companion book (the most honored productions in the 30-year history of Louisiana Public Broadcasting), Making Waves: Louisiana’s Radio Story, Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening and Frame after Frame: The Images of Herman Leonard. Laudun is a senior producer at Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Schedule Made possible in part through a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities |
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John H. LawrenceCreole Houses: Traditional Homes of Old LouisianaJohn H. Lawrence is director of museum programs and head of curatorial collections for the Historic New Orleans Collection. He has contributed to many books, including Haunter of Ruins: The Photography of Clarence John Laughlin. He lives in New Orleans. Schedule Book Signing |
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Deborah LeBlancWater WitchDeborah LeBlanc is an award-winning author from Lafayette, Louisiana. She is also a licensed death scene investigator and an active member of two national paranormal investigation teams. Deborah is the president of the Horror Writers Association, president of the Writers' Guild of Acadiana and president of the Southwest Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. Schedule 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Book Signing |
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Jeanne M. LeibyDownriver: Short StoriesJeanne M. Leiby's stories have appeared in Fiction, New Orleans Review, The Greensboro Review and Indiana Review, among others. Her collection of short stories, Downriver, was recipient of the Doris Bakwin Prize. In 2008, she moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as an associate professor of English at Louisiana State University and editor of The Southern Review. Schedule 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Book Signing |
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Bill LoehfelmFresh KillsIn 1997 Bill Loehfelm moved to New Orleans where he has taught high school and college courses, managed a pizza joint and an antique shop and tended bar in the French Quarter and the Warehouse District. Loehfelm is the winner of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award for Fresh Kills. He has also published work in the anthologies Year Zero and Life in the Wake. Schedule Book Signing |
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Margaret LuongoIf the Heart is Lean: StoriesMargaret Luongo teaches creative writing at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Her stories have appeared in Tin House, FENCE, Cincinnati Review and other journals. She lives with her husband and two cats in Hamilton, Ohio. Schedule Book Signing |
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Bev MarshallPresenterBev Marshall is writer-in-residence at Southeastern Louisiana University and the author of three novels, Walking Through Shadows, Right As Rain and Hot Fudge Sundae Blues. She is the recipient of the Mississippi Library Association Fiction of the Year Award and The New York Pubic Library’s Best Books for the Teen Age Award. She lives in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. Schedule |
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Mark E. MartinAndrew D. Lytle’s Baton Rouge: Photographs, 1863-1910Mark E. Martin is assistant curator of image resources for the LSU Libraries. Schedule Book Signing | |
