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Nines Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of nine unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Dan Baum brings this kaleidoscopic portrait to life, showing us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved.
About the Author
I'm a writer of non-fiction, the author of Gun Guys: A Road Trip (Knopf, 2013) ; Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans (Spiegel & Grau, 2009) ; Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure (Little, Brown 1996) ; and Citizen Coors: An American Dynasty (Morrow/HarperCollins, 2000) . I've been a staff writer for the New Yorker, and have written for Rolling Stone, Playboy, the New York Times Magazine and many others. I work with my wife, Margaret Knox, and we live in Boulder, Colorado. You can read about us -- and avail yourself of our editing and writing coaching -- at www.danbaum.com, www.margaretknox.com, or www.freelancersclinic.com
