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• Louisiana-born author Anne Rice dies at 80

  December 12, 2021 5:39 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) — Anne Rice, the novelist whose lush, best-selling gothic tales, including “Interview With a Vampire,” reinvented the blood-drinking immortals as tragic antiheroes, has died. She was 80. Rice died late Saturday due to complications from a stroke, her son Christopher Rice announced on her Facebook page... more »

• Louisiana-based 'Cupid Shuffle' singer/songwriter to release new book

  November 9, 2021 9:55 AM

  LAFAYETTE - If you've attended a wedding in south Louisiana, it's likely you've heard the song, the "Cupid Shuffle." The popular 2007 line dance single was created by Louisiana singer/songwriter, Bryson Bernard. Better known by his stage name, "Cupid," the 38-year-old musician is now expanding his artistic endeavors... more »

• Billionaire author, MacKenzie Scott, donates $2m to YWCA Greater Baton Rouge

  December 16, 2020 8:19 AM

  A well-known philanthropist and author has donated billions of dollars to nonprofits across the U.S., and some of her charity will reach Louisiana's capital city. YWCA Greater Baton Rouge announced Tuesday that MacKenzie Scott, the author of novels such as 'Traps' and 'The Testing of Luther Albright ,' donated... more »

• Gabriel Bump honored as winner of 14th Annual Ernest Gaines Book Award

  November 19, 2020 11:16 AM

  Though the COVID-19 health crisis retains its grip on the nation, artists who endeavor to shore up the pandemic-wearied imaginations, hopes, and dreams of Americans remain hard at work. One such artist has been awarded the 2020 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence , an annually announced award... more »

• Pulitzer Prize-winning Metairie author dies at 91

  August 4, 2020 11:27 AM

  KENNER — A Pulitzer Prize-winning Louisiana author passed away Monday, August 3 due to complications brought on by a stroke. According to The New Orleans Advocate , Metairie-based author, Shirley Ann Grau, died at a Kenner health care facility. Grau's career spans an impressive fifty years, during which... more »

• Author Colson Whitehead makes history by earning a second Pulitzer Prize for fiction

  May 5, 2020 9:22 AM

  As one of only four authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice, Colson Whitehead has made history. According to the BBC , the 50-year-old author is the voice behind The Nickel Boys, which chronicles the real-life tales of young black boys who were subject to extreme abuse... more »

• Author brawls with school district over Halloween books Play Video

  October 18, 2013 10:31 PM

  HAMMOND - A Christian author is fighting with the Tangipahoa Parish School District over what she claims to be a violation of her religious freedom. Angela Bertone offered her children books for fundraising purposes but the district tossed them aside because of their Christian message and federal law preventing... more »