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Discover new favorites and meet the storytellers behind them — local authors spanning every genre will be signing books at Book-Con!
Authors Row will bring together dozens of local writers spanning nearly every genre imaginable — romance, fantasy, historical fiction, cozy mysteries, children's picture books, memoirs, and more! Whether you're drawn to Louisiana-set love stories, gripping true-life journeys, or picture books that celebrate curiosity and diverse storytelling, you'll find a shelf full of voices worth discovering.
This is your chance to meet the authors behind the books, hear the stories behind their stories, and pick up a signed copy to take home. From debut writers to bestselling novelists with over a dozen titles to their name, Authors Row is packed with talent from right here in our community.
Stop by, say hello, and leave with your next favorite read!
Velma Albert’s A Journee to Self-Care is a coloring book series inspired by the personal struggles she's overcome and the lessons she hopes to share with others. Known as Queen Ve, she dedicated the first book to Journee and Montana – two special young ladies she never met – keeping their memory alive.
Category
Fiction & Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Volume 1: Grief
Volume 2: Girl to Woman
Volume 3: A Better You!
Volume 4: Boys to Men!
Volume 5: Your Wisdom is Needed!
Gary Alipio, a New Orleans native and LSU graduate, wears many hats: children's book author, digital marketer, photographer, SCBWI regional advisor, and fishing instructor. Craziest Cajun Football Tale, his latest book, is his first written with daughter, Melina.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Youth
Title(s)
Craziest Cajun Football Tale
Craziest Fishing Tale on the Bayou
Bayou Bogeyman presents Hoodoo and Voodoo
Charleston is no ordinary ghost. Curious, kind, and always ready for an adventure, he discovers that the world around him may be much stranger than it seems. When Charleston begins questioning the mysterious nature of cats, he finds himself pulled into a playful supernatural adventure filled with imagination, friendship, and wonder.
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Fiction
Audience(s)
Youth
Title(s)
Adventures of Charleston: Cats Aren’t Real?!
Adventures of Charleston: Something Is Afoot!
HL Arledge has written about unsolved South Louisiana true crime cases for 30 years. He has three published books on those cases in the Bayou Justice series. He has also published two business books and one mystery novel set in 1925.
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Fiction
Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Bayou Justice (Volumes 1-3)
Dirty Phenix: Birth of the Dixie Mafia
The Palais Protocol
Sarah Armstrong is an author of clean, wholesome new adult romance and relatable, down-to-earth nonfiction.
Category
Fiction & Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Teens
Title(s)
Midnight Madeline
Becoming Madeline
Choosing Madeline
Haven
Brittany Ashlyn is a Louisiana children’s book author who writes stories for kids who color outside the lines. She writes picture books, middle grade, and YA, including her Lady XO Roux series, inspired by her dogs, Lady and Roux. Her work celebrates curiosity, literacy, pet joy, and diverse storytelling.
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Fiction
Audience(s)
Teen
Youth
Toddlers
Title(s)
Rambunctious Roux
Rambunctious Roux Food Journal
Rambunctious Roux Activity Book
After a lifetime of unanswered questions, Camille discovers a hidden family she never knew existed. This poignant memoir traces a journey through adoption, loss, unexpected reunions, and healing. Rich with Louisiana charm, it is a story of uncovering the truth, finding belonging, and embracing life's surprising gifts.
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Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
A Long and Winding Road: A Journey Through Adoption, Secrets, & Lies
The Bayou Keeps a Record: A Small Louisiana Journal
Beneath the Cypress: A Journal for Hope, Healing, and Growth
Our mission is to publish Christ-centered books that encourage spiritual growth, preserve stories of faith, and inspire believers to pursue a deeper relationship with Jesus. Through books that teach and equip, we help individuals and families grow in biblical truth and pass their faith to future generations.
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Fiction
Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
The Bereans: Searching the Scriptures
Bible Knowledge & Trivia Challenge: Fun. Faith. & Facts From God's Word
Tell Me About Your Faith Journey: A Christian Keepsake Memoir for Preserving a Cherished Faith Story
Tell Me About the Godly Wisdom You Have Learned: A Christian Keepsake Memoir for Preserving Biblical Wisdom, Life Lessons, and A Christ-Centered Life
Jack Caldwell, of Prairieville, is the author of thirteen historical fiction novels.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Mr. Darcy Came to Dinner
The Companion of His Future Life
The Plains of Chalmette
Bourbon Street Nights (Crescent City #1)
Elysian Dreams (Crescent City #2)
Ruin and Renewal (Crescent City #3)
The Last Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Persuaded to Sail
Rosings Park
Brother of the Bride
Pemberley Ranch
The Three Colonels
Snowbound & Other Stories
Gossip Girl meets Katharine McGee’s American Royals in this story filled with “romantic tension, royal drama, and family secrets,” where four teens living in a glamorous boarding school must compete to inherit a European kingdom.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Teens
Title(s)
Royal Heirs Academy
Royal Liars
Dawn Duvernay’s book Mom, Share Your Memories With Me is an interactive book that mom fills out by answering in-depth questions about herself to talk over with her children so that they can begin to see her as a woman and not just a mother.
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Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Teens
Youth
Toddlers
Title(s)
Mom, Share Your Memories With Me
Sarah Eads’ writing is enriched with the Italian atmosphere as the setting for the light romance. Her books focus on strong women who grow and find love as they help others around.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Dream About Me
Reviving Sunshine
Victoria Edwards’ books are about her life as the daughter of former Gov. Edwin Edwards.
Category
Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
The Life and Times of a Governor’s Daughter
How Could It Have Been All About Me?
A.L. Evans’ Forged in Fire series is a twisting tale that leads the reader into a fantastical world of Light Bearers and Guardians tasked with fighting against demonic forces all to protect unsuspecting humans from a supernatural war they are completely unaware of.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Forged in Fire
Shield of Fire
M.G. Faust writes cozy murder mystery and historical fiction. Her novel Blood Under the Oaks follows a timid social worker quits her job and moves to suburbia after a robbery rocks her sense of security.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Blood Under the Oaks
Hot Pepper Courage: Journey from Sicily
Stephanie Fournet is the bestselling author of 14 contemporary romance and romantic comedy novels, all set in South Louisiana.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Spicy Ever After
Someone Like Me
Sweet Dreams
Dream House
Two-Step
Camp Bliss
Kind of Cursed
Shelter
Drive
Leave a Mark
Lindsay Fruge is an educational resource creator, homeschool mom, and founder of Magnolia Grove Publishing, which creates educational workbooks designed to inspire curiosity through hands-on learning. These books combine math practice, geography, STEM, crafts, recipes, and engaging activities to help children build confidence while making learning enjoyable for homeschool families, classrooms, and independent learners.
Category
Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Teen
Youth
Title(s)
My United States Adventure
My Math Warm-Ups: For 8th Grade
My Math Warm-Ups: For 7th Grade
My Math Warm-Ups: For 6th Grade
Loveday Funck writes Southern Gothic fantasy and romantasy rooted in New Orleans. Her stories weave ghosts, folk magic, dangerous bargains, myth, romance, and found family into strange, tender explorations of grief, memory, identity, and the thresholds between the living and the dead.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Tongue of the Serpent
The Woman Who Wasn’t Always
The Ninth Herb
Loving 42: A Mother’s Prayer, A Son’s Journey, A Father’s Strength is a story of resilience, faith, and enduring love. The memoir chronicles Jamar Gailes’ deeply personal journey of crisis management when fate and faith collide at the intersection of life and death centered around his baseball playing son’s sudden medical crisis, a 42-day stay in the hospital and the untimely loss of his wife. In December 2025, the memoir won an International Book Award for Inspiration.
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Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Loving 42: A Mother's Prayer, A Son's Journey, a Father's Strength
In The King’s Daughter, Rolanda Gibson reveals how the enemy seeks to steal our spiritual identity and render us powerless as children of God. This book empowers readers to overcome condemnation, reclaim their identity in Christ, and confidently embrace the truth that they are daughters of THE KING.
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Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Now I Know The King's Daughter
From an award-winning memoir to Southern psychological thrillers, Valencia Griffin-Wallace's work is rooted in Louisiana life, lore, and buried secrets.
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Fiction
Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
The Other Auntie
Motherless Child
Becca Hillburn is a Louisiana author, comic artist and illustrator creating hand-painted watercolor comics about friendship, wildlife, and Louisiana culture. She also teaches drawing and comics statewide and online.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Teens
Youth
Title(s)
7” Kara Volume 1 (watercolor comic)
7” Kara Volume 2 (watercolor comic)
Lilliputian Living Book 1 (illustrated anthology)
Lilliputian Living Book 2 (illustrated anthology)
Curious Little Things (hand-drawn coloring book)
Ann Marie Jameson has a five-book, fictional series set in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The books are traditional, cozy mysteries books centered around family life and geared toward women in their forties and up. She also has a spin-off book of the series and a children's book.
Category
Fiction
Audiences(s)
Adults
Title(s)
A Bed of Roses
Belle Rose
Petite Rose
Coming Up Roses
Wine and Roses
Lilly's Redemption
Why Did I Have to be Born Last?
A. Lonergan is a two-time award-winning author of fantasy romance and paranormal romance. In her books you'll find angsty romance, found family, lots of action, and strong female leads that have to find themselves first.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Teens
Title(s)
Bewitched by the Voodoo King
The Crimson Pack Trilogy
Prophecy of the Mage Queen
Witches of Jackson Square
My Weekend in the Country with MeeMaw is a tribute to the love, wisdom, and joy of grandmothers. It tells the story of a special weekend spent with MeeMaw, capturing the warmth, creativity, and connection that define family time. In her latest work, When Kami Discovers Her R.O.A.R., readers will see how fear shows up in Kami’s life and the unique advice she receives from those she loves. Will Kami find the courage to meet the challenge head on or will she cower and run the other way? Both books are filled with life’s lessons that are relatable and universal to all ages.
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Fiction
Audience(s)
Teens
Youth
Toddlers
Title(s)
My Weekend in the Country with MeeMaw
When Kami Discovers Her R.O.A.R.
Shirley is a writer and narrator. Dragon Song is her most recent published work, in which a young woman and a dragon slayer team up to fight the fiercest dragon in the world and also fall in love. It was featured in the 2024 Louisiana Book Festival.
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Fiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Dragon Song
All I Want for Christmas (ebook only)
Mirror World
The Last Descendant
The Crystal Flame
If the Shoe Fits
Awake
The Wind and the Fire
The Smoke and the Flame
The books of Louisiana's Own Cartoonist Fred Mulhearn are filled with cartoons and commentary about what makes Louisiana different, unique, and sometimes just plain weird. One book contains his editorial cartoons from newspapers. The other two have gag cartoons about joys and challenges of living here. Let the good times roll!
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Fiction
Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Life in Looziana: Cartoons and Commentary
More Life in Looziana: Cartoons and Commentary
Looziana Political Cartoons: The Best of Fred Mulhearn
Nikki Nonchalant writes honest, faith-filled memoirs that blend humor, heartbreak, healing, and most importantly hope. Her stories encourage readers to embrace their truth, break generational cycles, and discover beauty even in life’s most difficult chapters.
Category
Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Beautifully Ratchet, Brilliantly Real
The Celestial Destiny Series is a multi-POV upper epic romantic fantasy trilogy for fans of The Lord of the Rings, Graceling, and Throne of Glass. The first two books, A Sparrow Among Stars and A Fox Among Flames, are out now. The final book coming is in 2027.
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Fiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Teens
Title(s)
A Sparrow Among Stars
A Crow Among Crowns
Holly Rose is the author of four romance novels of various subgenres, including rom-coms, romantasy, and paranormal romance. She loves writing about green-flag male main characters falling for (usually anxious) female main characters... and sometimes there are also dragons.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Follow Your Bliss
The Knight of the Trove
The Prince of the Outsiders
Until the Stars Fall
Lynn Shurr has written 39 romance novels including the Sinners Sports Romances, The Mardi Gras Series, The Roses Series, and the ten-book Regency Longleigh Chronicles, along with several single titles, something for everyone who enjoys love and laughter.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Sinners Sports Romances
The Mardi Gras Series
The Roses Series
Regency Longleigh Chronicles
Abbie Lynn Smith and Lauren Sevier write genre blended romance by taking the best tropes from our favorites and combining them into something new.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Title(s)
Guns & Smoke
Leather & Lace
Chains & Reckoning
Songs of Autumn
Donald Smith retired after 46 years in law enforcement, including time as a Special Agent with the Department of Homeland Security. Transitioning from the complexities of law enforcement to the realm of writing has provided Donald a unique opportunity to share his insights and learnings with a broader audience.
Category
Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Teens
Title(s)
I Never Saw It Coming
I Was a Police Officer
U.S. Immigration Through My Eyes
Special Agent
Maya’s Story: A Journey Through Human Trafficking and Resilience
Maya’s Story: Rising Against the Shadows
Maya’s Story: Voices Against the Darkness
In Droopsy Oopsies Don’t Exist, Everly and her Grampy are spending a day together, but one activity after another turns into a mess. Is there someone or something causing their plans to be spoiled, or is it just bad luck? Everly thinks she knows, but Grampy says it's impossible. Sometimes, seeing is believing.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Youth
Toddlers
Title(s)
Droopsy Oopsies Don't Exist
Amy Tindell’s Think A Little Different book series was written from the perspective of her children who have autism and ADHD. Their fun adventures and unique perspective give life to each story and help readers better understand how we all think a little different.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Youth
Title(s)
A Single Train of Thought
Talent Show Turmoil
Church Camp Conundrum
A Thoughtful Thanksgiving
A Very Clever Christmas
Born in Morgan City, Michael Verrett has authored/illustrated over 60 picture books and other genres, with an additional 40 books illustrated for other authors. A retired homicide detective, Lt Colonel Verrett is an army bronze star awardee, police/FBI sketch artist, and recent retiree of the governor's office. He and his wife Melissa live in Denham Springs.
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Teens
Title(s)
Pontolong and Duckie
One More Outlaw
There’s a Crab In My Gumbo
There’s a Raccoon In The Closet
There’s a Possum In The Mailbox
Kingdom of the Pumpkins
The Dinosaur Tree
Faeries and Flowers
Forget About It
Me and My Cloud
How High How Far
It Followed Me Home Can I Keep It?
Luca Got What For Christmas
McSkeeter McNoid
Noisy Christmas Mouse
Oooh La La Day
Orange Fox
Penguins in My Bed
Prettiest Girl on Planet
Puppy Without a Paddle
Speckle the Annoying Freckle
Things I Like
One More Outlaw
Keylonda Wheeler’s Inclusive K.R.E.W.E. series is all about celebrating differences!
Category
Fiction
Audience(s)
Youth
Title(s)
Nia Skye’s Friend on Wheels
Mrs. Key Key’s Speech Room
Noah James the Rodeo King
J.T. Takes Her Time
Karen Ziebarth wrote a book on her near-death experience and cancer journey, and she has also published poems in several anthologies and created paintings.
Category
Nonfiction
Audience(s)
Adults
Teens
Title(s)
Still Me