James Lee Burke, bestselling mystery writer, maintains a home here.
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Café du Monde has appeared in multiple fictional depictions of the city including the "Dave Robicheaux" series of novels by James Lee Burke, and novels by John Connolly, Poppy Z. Brite, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Anne Rice, Kresley Cole and Nancy A. Collins.
In 2003, she edited an anthology, Naked: Writers Uncover the Way We Live on Earth, which included work by T.C. Boyle, Joy Williams, James Lee Burke, Carl Hiaasen and younger writers such as Lydia Millet and Stacey Richter.