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Louisiana Authors, Groups & Events
Louisiana owns more than its share of great writers, as well as being the setting for fabulous books, plays and films. New Orleans alone could fill a literary encyclopedia. There are wonderful authors scattered throughout the Bayou State, from Shreveport to Grand Isle, from Monroe to Holly Beach, and they write in all the genres.

The following is a list of links to author Web sites, literary organizations and writers groups. If you are an author or belong to a group not mentioned here, contact me.
Louisiana Authors and Web Sites

Christee Gabour Atwood

Nevada Barr

Rexanne Becnel

Shane Bernard

Marcelle Bienvenue

Elise Blackwell

Jennifer Blake

Darrell Bourque

Miranda Bradley

Nancy Brandt (Honor Cummings)

Ryan A. Brasseaux

Cajun Karl Breaux

Douglas Brinkley

Anita Bunkley

James Lee Burke

Mick Burns

Catherine Campanella

Richard Campanella

Cherie Claire

Joshua Clark

Mary Celeste Clement

Eleanor Cocreham

Cheré Coen

Tanner Colby

Barbara Colley

Judy Connor

Beth Cornelison

Jacques Couvillon

Connie Cox

O’Neil De Noux

Johnette Downing

Rand Dotson

Terri Dunham

Lynn Emery

Pamela Binnings Ewen

Woody Falgou

Jessy Ferguson

Michael Ferguson

Chef John Folse

Kevin S. Fontenot

John Francois

Ernest Gaines

Ed Gauthier

Scott Gold

Philip Gould

Elaine Grant

Winnie Griggs

Greg Guirard

Charlaine Harris

Bruce Henricksen

Earl J. Higgins

Kenneth Holditch

Jed Horne

Curt Iles

Walter Isaacson

Sabrina Jeffries

Bill Jones

Rheta Grimsley Johnson

Leonard Earl Johnson

Ann Justice

Rodger Kamenetz

Pam Kaster

Gilbert King

Charles Lane

Lavaille Lavette

Deborah LeBlanc

Deborah Lynne

Lee and Paul Malone

Bev Marshall

John "Sitting Bear" Mayeux, Mingko Avogel

Bill McKibben

Joan B. McLaughlin and Jack McLaughlin

Peter Charles Melman

Robin Miller/Robin Caroll

Regina G. Mixon

John Morella

K. Sue Morgan

Jennifer Anne Moses

Bruce Murray

Rick Nelson

James Nolan

Warren Perrin

Martin Pousson

Anita Prieto

Candance Proctor/C.S. Harris

Connie Rachal

Julia Reed

Jady Regard

Tammy Riviere

Sara Roahen

Farrah Rochon

Sylvia Rochester

Denise Rogers

Chris Rose

Patricia Frances Rowell

Laura Joh Rowland

Todd-Michael St. Pierre

Mark Schleifstein

Glenda Schoeffler

J.H. Segars

Richard Sexton

June Shaw

Evelyn Smith

Melissa Lee Smith

Erlene Stewart

Ned Sublette

Josephine Templeton

Pam Thibodeaux

Mike Tidwell

John Kennedy Toole

Arriollia "Bonnie" Vanney

Ivor Van Heerden

Gary Van Zante

Nancy Wagner (Hailey North)

Ken Wells

Robin Wells

Clint Willis

Kit Wohl

Katherine E. Woodiwiss

Cheryl Wolverton

Lenora Worth

Karen Yochim

Cora Zane
 
Literary Organizations

New Orleans Literary Institute

Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival

Writing OrganizationsRomance Writer's of America Louisiana Chapters:
Heart of Louisiana (Baton Rouge)

Southern Louisiana (New Orleans)

Coeur de Louisiane (Alexandria)

North Louisiana Storytellers and Authors of Romance (NOLA STARs)


Bayou Writers Group

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators-New Orleans

Writer's Guild of Acadiana

Misc. Organizations

Acadian Genealogy Homepage - An Acadian-Cajun resource site on the internet, providing visitors information of available "specific family" genealogy CD-ROMs, a graphic image of family crests and tons of Acadian-Cajun historical text information.


 
Literary EventsLouisiana Book Festival. Celebrating readers, writers and their books on the grounds of the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, March 26-30, 2008, French Quarter, New Orleans.

Windows A Bookshop offers booksignings and events monthly and a weekly radio broadcast on books titled The Book Report. Visit their Web site for a calendar of events or The Book Report to see who is being spotlighted this week.


Bookstores

Alexander's, 2001 Congress St., Lafayette, 70506, (337) 234-2096

Barnes & Noble, 7707 Bluebonnet Blvd #100, Baton Rouge, LA 70810; CitiPlace, 2590 CitiPlace Court, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, 225-926-2600; Centre @ Westbank, 1601B West Bank Expressway, Harvey, LA 70058, 504-263-1146; 5705 Johnston St, Lafayette, LA 70503, 337-989-4142; Bayou Walk, 6646 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA 71105

B Dalton Bookseller, 6401 Bluebonnet Blvd, Suite 2074, Baton Rouge, LA 70836

Book Exchange, 10779 Florida Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70815

Books XYZ: The Non-profit Bookstore Supporting Education

Books A Million 10533 South Mall Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70809 and 3525 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Borders, 2950 East Texas Street, Bossier City, LA 71111, 318.742.8181; 3131 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Metairie, LA 70002, 504.835.13636

Cherry Books, 1054 Canal Blvd., Thibodaux, La. Open 9-6 Monday through Saturday. 985-446-0182

Cottonwood Books, 225-343-1266 • 3054 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 7080

Faulkner House, (504) 524-294-0624 Pirates Aly, New Orleans, LA

Garden District Books , (504) 895-2266 2727 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA

Lily’s for Books in Lafayette’s Oil Center, Lafayette, LA.

Maple Street Book Shop, 7523 Maple Street, New Orleans, LA 70118

Octavia Books , 513 Octavia Street, New Orleans, LA 70115

Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance

Waldenbooks, 3437 Masonic Drive, Alexandria, LA 71301, 318.443.4620; 9663 Cortana Place, Baton Rouge, LA 70815, 225.924.7665; 512 W Prien Lake Road, Lake Charles, LA 70601, 337.477.4106

Windows, A Bookshop, 609 Park Ave., Monroe, LA, 71201, 318-361-9004, Windowsabookshop@aol.com.

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