James Lee Burke

Burke has been writing for 35 years but he's best known for his more recent detective novels about Dave Robicheaux, a recovering alcoholic who is also a troubled Vietnam vet and a New Orleans police lieutenant. His books include: "The Neon Rain," "Heaven's Prisoners," "Black Cherry Blues," "A Morning for Flamingos" and "A Stained White Radiance." Burke's new book, his eighth Dave Robicheaux novel, is called "Dixie City Jam."

Burke has been writing for 35 years, but is best known for his more recent detective novels about Dave Robicheaux, a recovering alcoholic, troubled Vietnam vet, and a New Orleans police lieutenant. Those books include "The Neon Rain," "Heaven's Prisoners," "Black Cherry Blues," and "A Morning for Flamingos." His fifth Robicheaux novel is, "A Stained White Radiance."

Novelist James Lee Burke. He's been writing for 35 years but he's best known for his more recent detective novels about Dave Robicheaux (ROW-bah-show), a recovering alcoholic, who is also a troubled Vietnam vet, and a New Orleans police lieutenant. The books are: "The Neon Rain," "Heaven's Prisoners," "Black Cherry Blues," and "A Morning for Flamingos." His fifth Robicheaux novel is, "A Stained White Radiance." (published by Hyperion).