![]() I went to school in New York, and after school went back to New Orleans. There's an air of lassitude there, a general acceptance of eccentic or flamboyant behavior-the heat simply makes people do crazy things. It's a very beautiful city, and the constant heat and humidity make gardens grow out of control. Kids in other cities have lemonade stands we sold voodoo gris-gris and made wax dolls in the likenesses of our enemies. ![]() New Orleans is one of the most interesting American cities, and it has an incredibly rich and exotic culture that had a profound influence on me. My first book, a young, middle-grade chapter bo "was born in New Orleans, LA, in 1961. Then I went back to New York (Manhattan) and got a job in publishing and started writing. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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