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Darrell
Bourque,
Louisiana
Poet
Laureate,
In
Ordinary
Light:
New
and
Selected
Poems
Louisiana
Poet
Laureate
Darrell
Bourque
is
Professor
Emeritus
in
English
and
Interdisciplinary
Humanities
from
UL.
Previous
to
In
Ordinary
Light
he
authored
the
following
books
of
poems:
Plainsongs,
The
Doors
between
Us,
Burnt
Water
Suite,
The
Blue
Boat
and
Call
and
Response:
Conversations
in
Verse,
with
Jack
B.
Bedell.
In
2009
he
directed
the
Imagining
Lincoln:
Louisiana
Poetry
Project
as
part
of
Louisiana
and
the
nation’s
observance
of
the
Abraham
Lincoln
Bicentennial.
Bourque
lives
in
rural
St.
Landry
Parish
with
his
wife,
Karen,
who
is
a
glass
artist.
Holding
the
Notes,
a
chapbook
commissioned
by
Chicory
Bloom
Press,
will
be
published
in
2011.
Jude
Bradley,
Magic’s
in
the
Bag:
Creating
Spellbinding
Gris
Gris
and
Sachets
Jude
Bradley
is
a
writer,
editor
and
designer.
Originally
from
Boston
and
now
living
in
Southern
California,
she
has
worked
as
a
journalist,
TV
and
theater
critic,
and
creative
writing
teacher.
Having
experienced
various
parapsychological
phenomena
since
the
age
of
four,
Jude
now
works
as
a
spiritual
consultant,
using
card
readings,
mediumship,
and
general
energy
guidance
to
help
clients.
Carl
Brasseaux,
Stir
the
Pot:
A
History
of
Cajun
Cuisine
Carl
Brasseaux
is
a
historian
of
French
Colonial
North
America,
and
particularly
of
Louisiana
and
the
Cajun
people.
He
helped
to
pioneer
the
field
of
Cajun
history,
and
was
director
of
the
Center
for
Louisiana
Studies
at
UL.
He
has
published
more
than
30
books,
including
Acadian
to
Cajun:
Transformation
of
a
People,
1803-1877;
Creoles
of
Color
in
the
Bayou
Country;
The
Founding
of
New
Acadia:
The
Beginnings
of
Acadian
Life
in
Louisiana,
1765-1803;
and
French,
Cajun,
Creole,
Houma:
A
Primer
on
Francophone
Louisiana.
Cindy
Brown,
We
Met
on
The
Internet,
True
Stories
of
Online
Relationships
Cindy
Brown
is
currently
out
of
the
country
until
December
but
her
book,
We
Met
on
The
Internet,
True
Stories
of
Online
Relationships,
will
be
on
sale
at
the
Writers’
Guild
table
by
her
publicist
Linda
Doucet.
Her
next
book
is
Dealing
with
Family
Roots,
a
book
of
reminiscences
of
childhood
memories.
Anne
Butler,
Louisiana
Highway
One
Anne
Butler
is
the
author
of
more
than
a
dozen
books
—
crime
books,
children's
books,
travel
books,
cookbooks
and
humor
books
—
and
hundreds
of
magazine
and
newspaper
articles.
She
lives
on
one
of
English
Louisiana’s
early
plantations,
historic
Butler
Greenwood
Plantation
near
St.
Francisville,
where
she
writes,
gives
house
tours,
operates
a
B&B
and
is
involved
in
many
Louisiana
preservation
efforts.
The
mother
of
two,
she
has
a
bachelor’s
in
English
from
Sweet
Briar
College
in
Virginia
and
an
MA
in
English
from
Humboldt
State
University
in
California.
Don
Caffery,
Garment
of
Grace
Don
Caffery
enjoys
writing
children’s
books
when
he
has
time
away
from
his
family
and
day
job.
Caffery
read
the
original
Garment
of
Grace
by
an
order
of
Catholic
nuns
in
Ohio
and
adapted
the
book
to
its
present
form.
This
is
his
first
book.
He
lives
in
Baton
Rouge.
Morena
Johnson
Caleb,
The
Louisiana
Sharecroppers:
Memories
of
a
Sharecropper’s
Daughter
Morena
Johnson
Caleb
shares
her
story
of
a
devout
family
living
through
the
tedious
days
of
sharecropping,
offering
a
saga
of
a
family
who
fought
to
earn
their
independence
from
the
back-‐
breaking
work
on
the
farm.
Caleb
was
born
on
a
sharecropper’s
plantation
in
Grand
Prairie,
graduating
from
J.S.
Clark
High
School
in
Opelousas.
She
later
earned
a
bachelor
of
theology
degree
from
Boulden
Seminary
of
Wilmington,
Delaware.
Henry
Cancienne,
Louisiana
Highway
One
Photographer
Henry
Cancienne
of
Lockport
is
a
U.S.
Air
Force
Vietnam
veteran,
retired
educator,
petroleum
chemist,
fireman
and
police
officer.
He’s
travelled
extensively
throughout
the
country,
recording
images
of
iconic
locations,
but
his
passion
lies
much
closer
to
home.
He
has
photographed
his
native
Louisiana
for
decades,
finding
inspiration
in
the
cypress
swamps
and
sugar
cane
fields,
the
bald
eagles
of
Bayou
Lafourche,
the
butterfly
shrimp
trawlers,
the
weathered
Creole
and
Acadian
cottages
and
magnificent
plantations,
Gulf
beaches
and
the
interesting
people
encountered
along
the
way.
David
Cheramie,
Lait
à
mere,
Julie
Choufleur
David
Cheramie
grew
up
in
Golden
Meadow
on
the
banks
of
Bayou
Lafourche.
He
was
graduated
from
Loyola
University
New
Orleans
and
the
University
of
Louisiana
at
Lafayette.
He
has
a
Ph.D.
in
Francophone
Studies.
He
edited
and
published
Feux
follets,
a
French-‐language
literary
revue
while
a
graduate
student.
He
translated
Gabriel
Desbiens’
articles
about
French
Creole
immigration
to
Louisiana
in
The
Road
to
Louisiana.
He
has
published
two
collections
of
poetry,
Lait
à
mère
and
Julie
Choufleur
and
edited
a
collection
of
short
stories,
Feux
follets:
Une
anthologie
de
la
nouvelle
louisianaise,
written
in
French
by
Louisianians,
to
which
he
also
contributed.
He
is
currently
Executive
Director
of
the
Council
for
the
Development
of
French
in
Louisiana.
He
has
received
several
honors,
such
as
being
named
Chevalier
des
Arts
et
des
Lettres
by
the
French
government,
and
member
of
the
Ordre
des
Francophones
d’Amérique
by
the
Conseil
Supérieur
de
la
Langue
Française,
a
branch
of
the
Québec
Provincial
Government.
Cheré
Dastugue
Coen,
Cooking
in
Cajun
Country,
Magic’s
in
the
Bag:
Creating
Spellbinding
Gris
Gris
and
Sachets
Cheré
Dastugue
Coen
is
an
award-‐winning
journalist,
instructor
of
writing,
playwright,
novelist
and
cookbook
author.
She
writes
a
weekly
column
and
newsletter
on
the
books
and
authors
of
Louisiana
titled
“Louisiana
Book
News,”
which
is
published
in
the
Lafayette
and
Monroe
newspapers.
A
native
of
New
Orleans,
Coen
now
makes
her
home
in
Lafayette
where
she
teaches
writing
at
UL’s
Continuing
Education,
is
the
program
chair
of
the
Writers’
Guild
of
Acadiana
and
the
organizer
of
the
Acadiana
Book
Festival.
Website:
www.LouisianaBookNews.com.
Barbara
Colley,
Dusted
to
Death
Barbara
Colley
of
Luling
is
an
award-‐winning,
best-‐selling
author
of
16
novels
with
books
published
in
more
than
17
foreign
languages.
In
addition
to
her
romantic
suspense
novels,
she
is
the
author
of
the
Charlotte
LaRue
mystery
series
set
in
the
New
Orleans
Garden
District
that
features
a
maid
who
not
only
cleans
Garden
District
mansions,
but
solves
murders
as
well.
Barbara
has
won
many
awards
including
the
1996
Distinguished
Artist
Award
for
her
outstanding
contributions
to
the
literary
arts
in
Louisiana
and
named
“Leading
Business
Woman
of
the
Week”
in
the
metro
New
Orleans
area
by
Magic
101.9
radio
station.
Website:
www.barbaracolley.com
Sheila
Hebert
Collins,
Jolie
Blond
and
the
Three
Heberts
Sheila
Hebert
Collins
of
Abbeville
grew
up
proud
of
her
Cajun
culture.
Teaching
the
lower
grades
for
20
years
instilled
a
love
for
children’s
literature,
motivating
her
to
rewrite
fairy
tales
with
a
Cajun
twist.
These
stories,
such
as
Jolie
Blond
and
the
Three
Heberts,
were
designed
to
teach
younger
children
French,
as
well
as
to
develop
a
cultural
pride.
She
has
published
seven
fairy
tales
and
one
historical
fiction
on
the
Cajuns
and
visits
many
schools
and
public
libraries.
In
2009,
she
returned
from
Florida
to
Abbeville
where
she
is
an
elementary
school
librarian.
Collins
continues
to
write
about
her
culture
and
visit
schools.
Jack
Crochet,
Cajun
Sunshine:
The
Depression
Years
Jack
Crochet
is
a
decorated
army
colonel
and
military
lawyer
and
judge
wrote
Vietnam
Stories:
A
Judge’s
Memoir
with
the
University
Press
of
Colorado.
Now
retired
from
the
military
and
living
in
Lafayette,
Crochet
returns
to
his
roots
to
capture
the
beauty,
heartache
and
simplicity
that
was
the
1930s
in
Cajun
Sunshine:
The
Depression
Years
(AuthorHouse).
Poignant,
highly
descriptive
and
filled
with
incredible
detail,
the
book
transports
readers
back
in
time
to
a
world
struggling
with
similar
economic
problems
as
today,
but
far
removed
with
what
modern
life
considers
economic
hardship.
Donald
W.
Davis,
Washed
Away?
The
Invisible
Peoples
of
Louisiana’s
Wetlands
Donald
W.
Davis
spent
more
than
40
years
of
research
as
a
Nichols
State
and
LSU
professor
to
create
this
in-‐depth
look
at
the
settlement,
occupations
and
environmental
challenges
of
Louisiana’s
coastal
communities.
Davis
is
currently
administering
a
Louisiana
Sea
Grant
project
to
develop
an
extensive
oral
history
of
the
Louisiana
Wetlands.
Mark
F.
DeWitt,
Cajun
and
Zydeco
Dance
Music
in
Northern
California:
Modern
Pleasures
in
a
Postmodern
World
Mark
F.
DeWitt
is
Professor
of
Music
at
UL
and
in
July
was
appointed
to
the
Dr.
Tommy
Comeaux
Endowed
Chair
in
Traditional
Music
within
the
School
of
Music.
DeWitt
completed
doctoral
work
in
ethnomusicology
at
University
of
California,
Berkeley
and
taught
at
Ohio
State
University
for
two
years.
In
2008,
University
Press
of
Mississippi
published
his
book,
Cajun
and
Zydeco
Dance
Music
in
Northern
California:
Modern
Pleasures
in
a
Postmodern
World.
His
Popular
Music
and
Society
article
on
the
Cajun
accordion
won
the
Society
for
Ethnomusicology's
2004
Klaus
P.
Wachsmann
Prize
for
"innovative
methods
in
the
study
of
musical
instruments."
His
work
also
appears
in
the
book,
Accordions,
Fiddles,
Two
Step
&
Swing:
A
Cajun
Music
Reader,
edited
by
Ryan
Brasseaux
and
Kevin
Fontenot.
He
is
currently
editing
a
Roots
Music
anthology
for
Ashgate
Press.
Website:
http://markdewitt.net/
Ann
B.
Dobie,
Civil
Changes:
Civil
Service
in
Louisiana
Ann
B.
Dobie
is
professor
emerita
of
English
at
UL
where
she
directed
graduate
studies
in
rhetoric
and
the
University's
writing-‐across-‐the-‐curriculum
program.
In
2002
she
chaired
the
One
Book,
One
City
program
“Lafayette
Reads
Ernest
Gaines.”
She
is
the
author
(or
co-‐author)
of
10
college
textbooks,
compiler
and
editor
of
three
literary
anthologies,
and
the
author
of
numerous
articles
on
literature
and
composition.
Her
latest
books
are
Wide
Awake
in
the
Pelican
State:
Contemporary
Louisiana
Stories
and
Fifty-Eight
Days
in
the
Cajundome
Shelter.
The
third
edition
of
Theory
into
Practice:
An
Introduction
to
Literary
Criticism
will
be
released
this
year.
For
13
years
she
served
as
founder
and
director
of
the
National
Writing
Project
of
Acadiana
and
is
currently
State
Coordinator
of
the
Louisiana
Writing
Project
and
a
consultant
to
the
National
Writing
Project.
Terri
Hoover
Dunham,
The
Legend
of
Papa
Noel:
A
Cajun
Christmas
Story
Terri
Hoover
Dunham
has
published
articles,
essays,
book
reviews
and
poetry
in
many
local
and
national
magazines
and
newspapers,
including
The
Louisiana
Review,
Louisiana
Literature,
Mississippi
Magazine,
2005
Jubilee
Anthology,
2006
Jubilee
Anthology
(Nicholls
University
anthology),
St.
Anthony’s
Messenger,
Victoria,
Backwood
Homes,
The
Annals
of
St.
Anne
De
Beaupre’,
Whispering
Wind,
The
Baton
Rouge
Record,
Grit
and
Cappers.
Dunham
has
also
written
book
reviews
for
The
Advocate.
In
addition
to
writing,
Terri
is
pursuing
a
degree
in
liberal
arts.
Penny
Meaux
Edwards,
Universal
Flow
Penny
Meaux
Edwards
offers
yoga
instruction
out
of
her
home
studio
outside
of
Lafayette
and
her
students
have
long
been
urging
her
to
create
a
CD
for
guided
meditation.
Edwards
produced
Universal
Flow,
a
CD
featuring
the
music
of
internationally
acclaimed
recording
artist
Steven
Halpern
and
the
gentle,
soft
voice
of
Edwards,
under
her
pen
name
of
pennimo.
Edwards
first
studied
yoga
at
the
University
of
the
Americas
in
Mexico
and
has
participated
in
holistic
wellness
in
places
such
as
California’s
Calabasas
Ashram,
Germany’s
Baden-‐Baden
and
Machu
Picchu.
Website:
http://pennimo.com
Woody
Falgoust,
Cajun
Mariners,
The
Miracle
of
St.
Genevieve
Woody
Falgoust
writes,
practices
law
and
is
the
co-‐owner
of
Cherry
Books
in
Thibodaux.
He
is
the
author
of
three
narrative
nonfiction
books,
The
Miracle
of
St.
Genevieve:
Vatican
II
and
the
Victory
of
Faith;
Rise
of
the
Cajun
Mariners:
The
Race
for
Big
Oil
and
One
Dream:
The
NFL.
He
holds
a
bachelor’s
of
journalism
from
the
University
of
Missouri
and
a
Juris
Doctorate
from
LSU.
Also
an
active
speaker,
Falgoust
has
spoken
to
historical
societies,
marine
and
oilfield
trade
organizations,
writers’
conferences,
faith-‐based
groups,
book
clubs,
women’s
groups,
touchdown
and
quarterback
clubs,
men’s
clubs,
Rotary
and
Kiwanis,
and
elementary,
middle
and
high
schools
and
universities.
Website:
www.woodyfalgoust.com
John
Francois,
Carrier-of-Bones
John
François
lives
in
Lafayette.
His
writings
include
short
fiction
which
have
won
regional
as
well
as
international
acclaim.
He
won
the
Prix
Litteraire
de
France/Louisiane
in
1997,
an
organization
based
in
Paris,
France,
for
his
series
of
Cajun
short
stories,
“Les
quatre
saisons
de
Danté
Hebert”
(“The
Four
Seasons
of
Danté
Hébert”).
These
stories
were
published
in
several
magazines,
including
Feu
Follet,
an
anthology
of
local
French
and
Cajun
works
published
by
UL.
His
novels
include
The
March,
Cajun
Fire,
Cajun
Knights
and
Carrier-of-Bones.
He
is
currently
completing
the
sequel
to
Carrier-of-Bones.
Website:
www.johnfrancois.com
Mary
Gehman,
publisher,
Margaret
Media,
Inc.,
Donaldsonville
Mary
Gehman
is
a
writer
and
owner
of
Margaret
Media,
Inc.,
a
publishing
company
which
is
a
gateway
to
Louisiana’s
colorful
history
with
books
on
Creoles,
their
culture,
language
and
CDs
of
their
music,
women’s
history,
movies
set
in
New
Orleans,
architecture,
Mississippi
River
lore
and
fiction
by
local
authors.
Titles
include
A
History
of
Pointe
Coupee
Parish,
Louisiana
by
Brian
Costello;
Art
Blakey
Cookin’
and
Jammin’:
Recipes
and
Remembrances
from
a
Jazz
Life
by
Sandy
Warren,
New
Orleans
Goes
to
the
Movies
by
Alan
Leonhard
and
The
Free
People
of
Color
of
New
Orleans
by
Mary
Gehman.
Website:
www.margaretmedia.com
Ron
Gomez,
Slam
Dunked
Ron
Gomez
is
a
native
of
Baton
Rouge
but
a
long-‐time
resident
of
Lafayette.
He
was
a
broadcaster
for
more
than
30
years
and
owned
three
south
Louisiana
radio
stations
until
1988.
Ron
was
president
of
the
Greater
Lafayette
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
1978
and
Louisiana
Broadcaster
of
the
Year
in
1979.
He
served
in
the
Louisiana
House
of
Representatives
and
served
as
Secretary
of
the
Louisiana
Department
of
Natural
Resources
under
Gov.
Buddy
Roemer.
He
and
his
wife,
Carol
Ross,
own
Edge
Communications,
an
advertising
and
public
relations
agency
in
Lafayette
and
he
is
the
publisher
of a weekly newspaper, the Acadiana Gazette.
His
books
include
My
Name
is
Ron
and
I’m
a
Recovering
Legislator,
Slam
Dunked,
Pelican
Games
and
Neat.
D.B.
Grady,
Red
Planet
Noir
D.B.
Grady
is
a
graduate
of
LSU
and
lives
in
Baton
Rouge
with
his
wife
and
family.
Grady
is
a
former
paratrooper
with
the
U.S.
Army
Special
Operations
Command
and
is
a
veteran
of
Afghanistan.
His
work
has
appeared
everywhere
from
Boys’
Life
to
The
Atlantic,
where
he
is
a
regular
contributor.
His
debut
novel,
Red
Planet
Noir,
won
the
2010
Indie
Book
Award
for
Science
Fiction.
Website:
http://www.dbgrady.com.
Greg
Guirard
Greg
Guirard
is
a
professional
photographer,
author
and
crawfisherman
who
lives
on
the
western
edge
of
the
Atchafalaya
Basin
in
St.
Martin
Parish.
His
books
include
The
Land
of
Dead
Giants,
Cajun
Families
of
the
Atchafalaya,
Seasons
of
Light
in
the
Atchafalaya
Basin,
Psycho
Therapy
for
Cajuns:
A
Traditional
Culture
Struggles
for
Survival
in
a
Crazy
World
and
Inherit
the
Atchafalaya
with
Dr.
Ray
Brasseur.
His
fourth
book,
Atchafalaya
Autumn,
is
being
extensively
revised
and
expanded,
and
the
new
edition
is
scheduled
for
a
November
release.
Ava
Leavell
Haymon,
Why
the
House
Is
Made
of
Gingerbread
Ava
Leavell
Haymon
is
a
poet,
playwright
and
teacher.
Her
poems
have
appeared
in
poetry
journals
nationwide,
in
five
chapbooks
from
independent
small
presses
and
in
three
collections,
The
Strict
Economy
of
Fire,
Kitchen
Heat
and
Why
the
House
Is
Made
of
Gingerbread,
from
LSU
Press.
She
holds
the
Louisiana
Literature
prize
for
poetry
in
2003
and
teaches
poetry
in
Louisiana
during
the
academic
year
and
in
New
Mexico
in
the
summer,
where
she
directs
a
retreat
center
for
writers
and
artists.
Haymon
has
directed
workshops
and
reads
her
poems
widely.
Her
plays
are
written
for
adults
to
perform
for
children,
seven
of
them
produced
by
Playmakers
of
Baton
Rouge,
and
one
by
a
children’s
theater
workshop
in
Houston.
She
and
her
husband,
Cordell
Haymon,
live
in
Baton
Rouge
with
two
cats
and
without
their
two
grown
children.
Brandon
Hebert,
My
Own
Worst
Enemy
Brandon
Hebert
lives
in
Abbeville
with
his
wife
and
two
high-‐maintenance
dogs.
In
his
spare
time,
he
enjoys
being
at
home,
relaxing
with
family
and
friends,
fishing
with
his
dad,
and
dissecting
fake
Cajun
accents
in
movies.
My
Own
Worst
Enemy
is
his
debut
novel.
“People
from
the
South
are
known
for
their
storytelling,”
he
said.
“We’re
no
different
here
in
Louisiana.
Folks
here
love
three
things:
their
families,
God,
and
a
good
story
…
whether
it’s
true
or
not.”
Website:
www.brandonhebert.com.
Ernest
Hill,
Family
Ties
Ernest
Hill
is
the
critically
acclaimed
author
of
five
novels.
Award-‐winning
novelist,
Ernest
Gaines,
states
that
Hill’s
work,
“would
fit
well
on
the
shelf
next
to
Richard
Wright
and
Chester
Himes.”
Hill’s
powerful
prose
and
pitch-‐perfect
dialogue
led
the
New
York
Times
Book
Review
to
declare
him
“a
skilled
storyteller.”
Hill’s
award
winning
debut
novel,
Satisfied
With
Nothin’
not
only
garnered
comparison
from
South
Carolina
Black
Media
Group
and
Booklist
to
Richard
Wright’s
Native
Son
and
Ralph
Ellison’s
Invisible
Man,
but
also
made
its
way
onto
required-‐reading
lists
at
universities
from
UCLA
to
Syracuse.
The
renowned
sociologist,
Dr.
Walter
Allen,
also
declared
it
“one
of
the
most
accurate
human
portrayals
of
black
men
to
be
found
in
the
literature.”
Hill’s
rise—
from
a
small
town
boy
living
in
the
lap
of
poverty,
to
an
Ivy
League
educated
college
professor,
from
a
stereotypical
“jock”
to
an
acclaimed
novelist
who
has
become
what
Pulitzer
Prize-‐winning
writer
Robert
Olen
Butler
terms
“one
of
our
finest
writers”—may
help
explain
why
New
York
Times
bestselling
author
Zane
says
“I
never
miss
reading
a
novel
by
Ernest
Hill.”
Website:
http://ernesthillbooks.com
Jackie
Sonnier
Hirshberg,
Nicky
the
Swamp
Dog
Jacklyn
Sonnier
Hirshberg
is
an
anthropologist
who
studied
at
the
University
of
Houston,
focusing
on
the
culture
of
Native
American
Indians.
After
living
in
Houston
for
25
years
she
returned
to
her
hometown
of
Lafayette
and
was
introduced
to
the
nearby
Atchafalaya
River
Basin,
the
most
beautiful
area
she
now
considers
the
Eight
Wonder
of
the
World.
A
tour
of
the
swamp
with
guide
“Half
Pint”
Guillory
in
1997
developed
into
a
two-‐year
course
of
learning
about
the
Basin
and
all
the
wildlife
that
inhabits
this
vast
semi-‐wilderness.
Nicky
the
Swamp
Dog
was
published
in
2000
and
was
wildly
received
by
Louisiana’s
schoolchildren.
Hirshberg
is
currently
working
on
another
book
about
her
special
friend,
Roger,
the
green
tree
frog,
to
be
published
this
year
by
Acadian
House
Publishing.
Carla
Hostetter,
Goals
for
a
Sinner
Carla
Hostetter
has
worked
as
a
librarian
for
the
Lafayette
Public
Library,
later
moving
on
to
library
director
in
Iberia
Parish.
She
was
awarded
the
mid-‐career
award
and
the
Culver
Award
for
outstanding
librarianship
given
by
the
Louisiana
Library
Association
for
her
innovative
work
in
children’s
and
cultural
programming,
computerizing
the
library,
and
building
or
renovating
all
of
the
branches
in
the
system.
After
retiring
in
2004,
she
finally
had
the
leisure
to
both
write
and
paint.
Her
novel,
Goals
for
a
Sinner,
was
published
in
April.
Pam
Kaster,
Molly
the
Pony
Pam
Kaster
is
the
author
of
Molly
the
Pony
and
Zydeco
Goes
to
Horse
Camp,
as
well
as
an
editor
of
the
Equine
Facilitated
Mental
Health
Association
newsletter
and
a
member
of
Equine
Photographers
Network.
She
managed
an
equestrian
riding
program
for
disabled
riders
for
three
years
and
continues
to
study
natural
horsemanship
techniques.
She
has
been
a
Red
Cross
disaster-‐
preparedness
volunteer
for
20
years
and
managed
a
Red
Cross
shelter
during
Hurricane
Katrina.
Molly
the
Pony,
a
best-‐seller
for
the
LSU
Press,
was
reviewed
on
NPR’s
All
Things
Considered
and
awarded
the
2008
ASPCA
Henry
Bergh
Children’s
Book
Award
in
the
Nonfiction
Humane
Heroes
category.
Pam
Kaster
lives
in
Zachary
with
her
husband,
three
horses,
three
dogs
and
a
cat.
Sudie
Landry,
Louisiana
Heart
Beats
Sudie
Landry
is
a
native
of
Shreveport
now
living
in
Lafayette.
She
comes
from
a
family
of
storytellers
and
authors
and
caught
the
bug
herself
in
her
senior
year
of
high
school
when
she
placed
honorable
mention
in
a
writing
contest.
Sudie
writes
true
inspirational
stories
on
her
blog
and
hosts
a
weekly
30-‐minute
talk
show
called
Louisiana
Heart
Beats
that
features
Louisiana
talent,
businesses
and
more.
Website:
http://louisianaheartbeats.wordpress.com
Blog:
http://lighthousetells.blogspot.com
Mary
Langford,
Songs
in
a
Strange
Land
Mary
Langford
is
a
licensed
professional
counselor
who
has
lived
and
worked
in
Lafayette
since
1990.
For
26
years
prior
to
that
time,
she
and
her
physician
husband
were
missionaries
in
Hong
Kong
where
their
five
children
grew
up.
She
is
the
author
of
three
books:
Songs
in
a
Strange
Land,
That
Nothing
Be
Wasted
and
Call
Nothing
Small.
Mel
LeCompte
Jr.,
Sharpened
Iron
In
1999,
Mel
LeCompte
Jr.
kicked
off
his
journalism
career
with
a
part-‐time
job
at
the
Opelousas
Daily
World,
where
he
split
duties
as
a
sports
reporter
and
a
political
cartoonist.
Mel
picked
up
five
journalism
awards,
including
the
Associated
Press
Best
Sports
Columns
award
(Louisiana-‐
Mississippi
region)
and
back-‐to-‐back
Best
Editorial
Cartoon
awards
from
the
Louisiana
Press
Association.
Most
recently,
Mel
has
released
Sharpened
Iron,
a
book
that
chronicles
the
rise
of
Ville
Platte’s
Tee
Cotton
Bowl
into
a
national
curiosity.
He
also
enjoys
performing
music,
especially
as
a
children’s
entertainer.
The
Ice
Cream
Cow,
a
children’s
story
he
wrote
and
illustrated,
is
based
on
one
of
his
original
kiddie
songs.
Patrice
Melnick,
Turning
Up
the
Volume
Patrice
Melnick
taught
at
Xavier
University
in
New
Orleans
for
13
years
where
she
founded
one
of
the
first
creative
writing
programs
at
a
historically
black
university.
She
teaches
a
literary
nonfiction
workshop
in
the
low-‐residency
MFA
program
at
UNO.
Her
essays
and
poems
have
appeared
in
a
number
of
literary
journals
including
Grain,
The
Xavier
Review,
Buffalo
Bones
and
Prism
International.
Her
memoir,
Turning
Up
the
Volume
(Xavier
Press),
was
published
in
2005.
Following
Hurricane
Katrina,
Melnick
opened
up
an
international
gift
shop
and
started
a
literary
reading
and
open
mic
series
in
Grand
Coteau.
She
is
founder
of
the
annual
Festival
of
Words,
which
features
established
and
emerging
artists.
John
Morella,
Give
Teens
a
Break!
A
retired
psychologist
and
university
professor,
John
R.
Morella
is
currently
an
adjunct
instructor
at
South
Louisiana
Community
College.
He
is
the
author
of
two
nonfiction
books:
A
Guide
for
Effective
Psychotherapy
and
Give
Teens
a
Break!
Erin
Osborne,
Spy
Recruit
Erin
Osborne
is
the
Creative
Director
of
children’s
ministry
at
East
Bayou
Baptist
Church
in
Lafayette,
where
she
writes
and
directs
musicals.
She
earned
her
bachelor
of
arts
in
Latin
American
Studies
from
Baylor
University
and
has
volunteered
in
Haiti,
Honduras,
Ukraine,
Ghana
and
Guatemala.
Her
accolades
include
the
Spirit
of
Community
Award,
Zonta
International
2004
Young
Women
in
Public
Affairs
Award
and
Woodmen
of
the
World
Good
Neighbor
Citation.
Todd-Michael
St.
Pierre,
Who
Dat
Cookin’
South
Louisiana
native
Todd-‐Michael
St.
Pierre
is
author
of
the
popular
cookbooks
Who
Dat
Cookin’
and
A
Streetcar
Named
Delicious.
His
children’s
titles
include
Nola
&
Roux:
The
Creole
Mouse
&
The
Cajun
Mouse,
The
Crawfish
Family
Band
and
Thibodeaux
Turtle
&
Boudreaux
Bunny.
He
has
developed
recipes
for
Cooking
Light
magazine
and
his
books
have
been
featured
in
The
Denver
Post,
The
San
Francisco
Chronicle
and
The
Lafayette
Advertiser.
He
now
lives
in
Colorado.
Website:
www.LouisianaBoy.com
Jeanette
Poole,
Clark
Culinary
Born
in
the
“boot
hill”
of
Missouri,
Jeanette
Poole
now
lives
in
Opelousas.
A
mother
of
five,
Poole
wrote
a
family
cookbook
called
Clark
Culinary.
She
is
currently
compiling
a
brag-‐book
titled
Acadian
Celebrities
about
people
from
Cajun
Country
who
have
reached
celebrity
status.
Poole
is
historian
of
the
Writers’
Guild
of
Acadiana.
Rose
Anne
St.
Romain,
Moon’s
Cloud
Blanket
Rose
Anne
St.
Romain
of
Mansura
grew
up
surrounded
by
family
tales
of
rural
life
and
strife,
Cajun
stories
and
jokes,
and
many
songs,
poetry
and
books,
all
of
which
fueled
her
gusto
for
Louisiana
French
culture.
St.
Romain
often
told
stories
while
working
as
a
children’s
librarian
and
has
been
a
professional
storyteller
since
1982,
including
performing
at
the
first
Louisiana
Book
Festival,
the
New
Orleans
Jazz
and
Heritage
Festival,
the
International
Reading
Association
Conference
and
Jimmy
Buffett’s
Internet
radio
program,
The
Stories
We
Could
Tell.
In
her
first
book,
Moon’s
Cloud
Blanket,
she
writes
of
the
Houma
people
of
South
Louisiana.
Carolyn
Shelton,
Zydeco
Blues
N
Gumbo
Carolyn
Shelton
is
a
cookbook
author,
chef
and
etiquette
consultant.
Born
in
Louisiana,
she
learned
most
of
her
culinary
skills
from
her
mother,
Angelina
Zeno,
and
her
grandmothers,
all
of
whom
were
Afro
Creoles.
She
traveled
as
a
flight
attendant,
enjoying
cuisine
in
places
like
Sydney,
Auckland,
Hong
Kong,
New
Zealand,
Samoa,
Fuji,
The
Micronesian
Islands
and
other
exotic
places.
Since
then,
she
has
also
taught
many
young
people
how
to
cook.
Her
cookbook
features
short
biographies
of
zydeco
greats
and
recipes
from
her
Afro
Creole
relatives.
Website:
www.chefcarolynshelton.info
Theresa
Newport
Singleton,
Grandfather
Lee
&
The
Bees
Theresa
Newport
Singleton
is
a
high
school
librarian
at
Northside
High
School
in
Lafayette.
She
has
recorded
music
professionally,
shared
her
children’s
music
with
choir
directors
at
the
Gospel
Music
Workshop
of
America,
and
shares
one
of
her
father’s
stories
for
children
of
all
ages
with
Grandfather
Lee
&
the
Bees.
Website:
www.theresasingleton.net
Sheila
Stagg,
The
Big
Hit
Sheila
Stagg
of
Lafayette
has
worked
as
a
newspaper
reporter
and
editor
for
several
local
publications.
She
recently
completed
a
historical
novel,
The
Big
Hit,
which
is
under
consideration
for
publication.
Before
working
in
the
newspaper
business,
she
got
her
start
by
writing
for
children’s
magazines
and
won
a
prize
for
juvenile
fiction
in
1993
in
the
Deep
South
Writers’
Conference
sponsored
by
the
University
of
Southwestern
Louisiana.
Don
Stanford,
Southern
Kingdom’s
Harvest
Don
Stanford
was
born
in
Lance
Au
Paille,
but
lived
in
Opelousas,
New
Orleans
and
Mansura
before
enlisting
in
the
army.
He
later
graduated
from
USL
(now
UL)
and
worked
at
carpentry,
as
a
truck
driver,
insurance
salesman,
at
an
oil
refinery
and
as
a
probation
officer
for
the
child
support
program,
which
later
evolved
into
public
relations
manager.
Retirement
finally
freed
the
time
for
him
to
pursue
his
love
of
writing.
Southern
Kingdom,
published
by
Aberdeen
Bay
was
Stanford’s
first
published
novel,
with
Southern
Kingdom’s
Harvest
published
in
April.
Don
is
the
husband
of
his
soul
mate,
Carol
Richard
Stanford,
and
the
father
of
three
children.
Cyril
Vetter,
Dirtdobber
Blues
Over
a
20-‐year
career
in
the
communications
industry,
Cyril
E.
Vetter
has
owned
and
operated
newspapers,
radio
and
television
stations,
a
television
production
company
and
a
recording
and
music
publishing
company.
He
is
the
author
of
Fonville
Winans’
Louisiana:
Politics,
People,
and
Places
and
The
Louisiana
Houses
of
A.
Hays
Town.
In
2011
LSU
Press
will
print
and
distribute
his
latest
work,
Dirtdobber
Blues,
a
novel
about
musician
Butch
Hornsby
that
contains
a
CD
of
Hornsby’s
songs,
sheet
music
and
features
color
photographs
by
Philip
Gould
of
Hornsby's
paintings
and
found
object
art
works.
LSU
Press
will
also
distribute
the
e-‐book
version
of
Dirtdobber
Blues
as
a
multimedia
experience
featuring
Hornsby's
music
and
art.
Cyril
Vetter
lives
in
Baton
Rouge.
Website:
www.dirtdobberblues.com
Beverly
Vidrine,
Halloween
Alphabet,
Thanksgiving
Day
Alphabet
Beverly
Vidrine
of
Lafayette
has
placed
her
eight
grandchildren
in
her
series
of
children’s
books
and
they
are
among
her
most
cherished
critics.
A
Louisiana
native,
Vidrine
wrote
A
Mardi
Gras
Dictionary,
a
book
that
introduces
children
to
the
unique
language
of
New
Orleans’
Carnival
season;
A
Christmas
Dictionary,
which
covers
both
the
secular
and
religious
aspects
of
the
holiday
season
and
four
holiday
books
centered
around
the
alphabet:
St.
Patrick’s
Day
Alphabet,
Easter
Day
Alphabet,
Halloween
Alphabet
and
Thanksgiving
Day
Alphabet.
She
is
a
member
of
the
Society
of
Children’s
Book
Writers
and
Illustrators
as
well
as
the
Writers’
Guild
of
Acadiana.
Carey
Weeks,
Blogger,
short
story
writer
Carey
Weeks
lives
in
Shreveport
with
her
husband
and
daughter.
She
has
been
a
regular
contributor
to
Louisiana
Road
Trips
Magazine
and
her
writing
has
been
featured
in
Louisiana
Cookin’.
She
is
currently
working
on
a
compilation
of
historical
short
stories.
In
her
spare
time
she
enjoys
painting
and
photography.
Blog:
http://unarrator.blogspot.com/
Andrea
Wren,
Isabella:
The
Belle
of
Ironwood
Andrea
Wren
is
a
native
of
Patterson
but
currently
a
resident
of
Lafayette.
She
holds
a
bachelor’s
degree
from
UL
and
a
master’s
degree
in
business
administration
from
the
University
of
Phoenix.
She
has
published
poetry
in
A
Celebration
of
Poets:
Showcase
Edition
and
The
Southern
Consumer
Times
Newspaper,
published
short
stories
in
The
Daily
Advertiser’s
Atchafalaya
Voices:
Wisdom,
Wit,
and
Wonder,
completed
a
second
novel
and
is
currently
working
on
a
third.
When
Andrea
isn’t
writing,
she
enjoys
antique
shopping,
historical
tours,
needlework,
gardening,
reading,
and
taking
care
of
her
cats.
The
author
is
married
and
has
two
adult
children.
The
Acadiana
Book
Festival
came
about
as
the
result
of
many
volunteers
and
support
from
the
community.
Many
thanks
to:
The
Writers’
Guild
of
Acadiana
The
Children’s
Museum
of
Acadiana
Cité
des
Arts
Community
Coffee
Meche’s
Donut
King
Lafayette
Convention
and
Visitors
Commission
LouisianaBookNews.com
And
all
our
wonderful
volunteers…
Maps
courtesy
of
the
Lafayette
Convention
and
Visitors
Commission
www.lafayettetravel.com
The Writers’ Guild of Acadiana
meets every last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at Barnes &
Noble,
5707 Johnston St. in Lafayette.
The meetings are free
and open to the public.
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