The Sourdough Wars (21 page)

MEAN WOMAN BLUES

The Paul Mcdonald Series

TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURE

HUCKLEBERRY FIEND

The Talba Wallis Series

LOUISIANA HOTSHOT

LOUISIANA BIGSHOT

LOUISIANA LAMENT

P.I. ON A HOT TIN ROOF

As Well As

WRITING YOUR WAY: THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL TRACK

NEW ORLEANS NOIR (ed.)

The author wishes to thank several people whose advice was invaluable in writing this book: Megan Annand on law; Leo Kline on sourdough theory; Ralph Salaices on sourdough practice; Jon Carroll and Felicity O’Meara on geography. If any tiny liberties have been taken with facts, it is absolutely not the fault of these good people. Nor are any of the characters in this book meant to resemble them or anyone else. The same goes for bakeries and baking families: All depicted herein are wholly fictitious.

JULIE SMITH is a New Orleans writer and former reporter for the San Francisco
Chronicle
and the
Times-Picayune
.
New Orleans Mourning
, her first novel featuring New Orleans cop Skip Langdon, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, and she has since published eight more highly-acclaimed books in the series, plus spun off a second New Orleans series featuring PI and poet Talba Wallis.

She is also the author of the Rebecca Schwartz series and the Paul Mcdonald series, plus the YA novels CURSEBUSTERS! and EXPOSED. In addition to her novels, she’s written numerous essays and short stories and is the editor of NEW ORLEANS NOIR.