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The Reading Life With Carl Hiaasen And Michael A. Ross

This week on The Reading Life: Bestselling novelist Carl Hiaasen tells us about his National Book award-nominated Skink No Surrender, his first book for teens. Michael A. Ross, associate professor of history at the University of Maryland (formerly of Loyola University) talks about The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era. And Jennifer Edwards invites us to The Big Read of The Grapes of Wrath at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum.

Correction (on the Events Calendar): The Carl Hiaasen signing at Octavia Books takes place at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14.

**Lagniappe Audio**

TRL_101414_CarlHiaasen_OUTTAKE.mp3
The un-aired remainder of the Interview with Carl Hiaasen.

TRL_101414_MichaelRoss_OUTTAKE.mp3
The un-aired remainder of the Interview with Michael A. Ross.

The Reading Life in 2010, Susan Larson was the book editor for The New Orleans Times-Picayune from 1988-2009. She has served on the boards of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival and the New Orleans Public Library. She is the founder of the New Orleans chapter of the Women's National Book Association, which presents the annual Diana Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction.. In 2007, she received the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities lifetime achievement award for her contributions to the literary community. She is also the author of The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans. If you run into her in a local bookstore or library, she'll be happy to suggest something you should read. She thinks New Orleans is the best literary town in the world, and she reads about a book a day.