Programs by Genre - Crime, True Crime, Mystery, and Suspense
Book Talks
10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
Devil’s-a-Walkin’: Klan Murders along the Mississippi in the 1960s
Stanley Nelson
11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room A
The Story of Dan Bright: Crime, Corruption and Injustice in the Crescent City
Dan Bright and Justin Nobel
Noon to 12:30 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 2
Legendary Louisiana Outlaws: The Villains and Heroes of Folk Justice
Keagan LeJeune
12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Capitol Park Welcome Center, Meeting Room
Veil of Deception: A Thriller
Michael Byars Lewis
12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 1
The Jaguar Man: A Memoir
Lara Naughton
12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 2
Familiar Evil
Rannah Gray
1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room E
Confessions of an Undercover Agent: Adventures, Close Calls, and the Toll of a Double Life
Charlie Spillers
2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Let the Devil Out
Bill Loehfelm
2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 2
Dark Bayou: Infamous Louisiana Homicides
Alan G. Gauthreaux and D.G. Hippensteel
2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Far Beyond the Pale
Daren Dean
3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
The Feathered Bone
Julie Cantrell
Discussions
Noon to 1 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
It's a Mystery to Me: Mischief, Murder, and Mayhem
B.J. Bourg, Hollow Crib
Ellen Byron, Body on the Bayou
P.M. LaRose, Bet on Beers
12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 4
New Orleans Noir: The Classics
John Biguenet, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, and Julie Smith
2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Capitol Park Welcome Center, Meeting Room
Smuggler’s End: The Life and Death of Barry Seal
Del Hahn with Jim Engster, moderator
2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 3
Heroines’ Dark Visions Leading to Light
T.M. Causey, The Saints of the Lost and Found
Hester Young, The Gates of Evangeline: A Novel
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 2
One Book, One Festival: James Lee Burke’s Creole Belle
Led by Gary Richards
Volunteer
Book-loving volunteers are essential to the Louisiana Book Festival's success. Whether it's escorting authors, guiding visitors, selling refreshments, working with children in the Young Readers Pavilion or other fun and rewarding assignments, the Louisiana Book Festival wants you to join the volunteer team.
