Bourbon Street: A New Orleans Crime Novel

Born in New Orleans, O’Neil De Noux is a prolific American writer of novels and short stories. Although much of De Noux’s fiction falls under the mystery genre (character-drive crime fiction primarily), he has published stories in many disciplines including children’s fiction, mainstream fiction, science-fiction, suspense, fantasy, horror, western, literary, religious, romance, humor and erotica. In 2007, The Private Eye Writers of America awarded its prestigious SHAMUS AWARD for Best Short Story to ＂The Heart Has Reasons＂ by O’Neil De Noux. The Shamus Award is given annually recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction. ＂The Heart Has Reasons＂ features De Noux’s private eye Lucien Caye. De Noux is also the 2009 DERRINGER AWARD winner for Best Novelette for ＂Too Wise.＂ The Derringer Awards are given annually by the Short Mystery Fiction Society to recognize excellence in the short mystery fiction form. In 2010, the art co-op Big Kiss Productions released Slick Time, a sexy caper novel. New Orleans Nocturnal is a collection of nine crime stories featuring John Raven Beau. Big Kiss Productions released the second edition of New Orleans Confidential. In March 2011, the novel JOHN RAVEN BEAU was published by Big Kiss Productions, which was named 2011 POLICE BOOK OF THE YEAR by Police-Writers.com, a group that boasts of 1153 state and local law enforcement officials from 485 state and local law enforcement agencies who have written 2504 police books. A hyper-realistic crime story, JOHN RAVEN BEAU provides an intimate look into the beleaguered NOPD Homicide Division, a story that begins in the French Quarter and ends in a swamp, all within the city limits of America’s eternal city, a city that cannot be destroyed - New Orleans. Also in 2011, the short story collection NEW ORLEANS PRIME EVIL was published. In January 2012, De Noux published BATTLE KISS a 320,000 word epic of love and war set against the panorama of the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815. So timely is the book, released as the bicentennial of the War of 1812 arrives, Mr. De Noux received an Artist Services Career Advancement Award from the Louisiana Division of the Arts for his work on BATTLE KISS. Also in 2012, Mr. De Noux’s first private eye was published. ENAMORED, a novel of obsession and murder, is set in 1950 New Orleans. In 2012, O’Neil De Noux was elected Vice-President of the Private Eye Writers of America. His web page is http: //www.oneildenoux.net