Chris Tusa was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has published two novels, Dirty Little Angels (2009) and In the City of Falling Stars (2016). His latest novel, More Devils Than Hell Can Hold, is currently agented. His work has appeared in Prairie Schooner, New South, Connecticut Review, Five Points, Texas Review, The Southeast Review, storySouth, New Delta Review, South Dakota Review, and many others. Tusa is the former Writer-in-Residence at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Schedule

9:30 am to 10:30 am
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent B
Hit the Road: Modern Literary Odysseys
David Starkey, The Fairley Brothers in Japan
James Wade, Narrow the Road: A Novel
with moderator Chris Tusa

10:45 am to 11:45 am
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent B
Southern Currents: Short Stories of Place, People, and Possibility
Robert Busby, Bodock: Stories
Toby LeBlanc, Soaked: Stories
Marguerite Sheffer, The Man in the Banana Trees: Stories
with moderator Chris Tusa

Moderator