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# Elise Blackwell

Official website of Elise Blackwell, author of The Lower Quarter, Grub and Hunger

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- [Home](http://eliseblackwell.com/) - “A vibrant amalgamation of mystery, classic noir, erotica, and ekphrasis…. An artful, gritty love story, eulogy, and survivor narrative for the city of New Orleans post-Katrina.”–Kirkus (starred review) NOW AVAILABLE Find Out More “A vibrant amalgamation of mystery, classic noir, erotica, and ekphrasis…. An artful, gritty love story, eulogy, and survivor narrative for the city
- [Author](http://eliseblackwell.com/author/) - Elise Blackwell is the author of five novels: Hunger, The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish, Grub, An Unfinished Score, and The Lower Quarter. Her sixth novel, The Forgetting Curve, is forthcoming next year. Elise’s work has been translated into several languages, and her books have been named to numerous best-of-the-year lists, adapted for the stage,
- [Contact](http://eliseblackwell.com/contact/) - EMAIL elise@eliseblackwell.com SOCIAL MEDIA Bluesky The photograph on the events page of this website is the copyrighted property of Louis Maistros and was used with permission.
- [An Unfinished Score](http://eliseblackwell.com/an-unfinished-score/) - Indiebound Amazon Barnes & Noble THE UNFINISHED SCORE After her lover—a famous conductor—dies unexpectedly, a professional musician is blackmailed into completing the score for his unfinished viola concerto. As Suzanne struggles to keep her double life a secret from her husband, from her best friend, and from the other members of her quartet, she is
- [Grub](http://eliseblackwell.com/grub/) - Indiebound Amazon Barnes & Noble Grub This hilarious retelling of George Gissing’s satirical masterpiece New Grub Street takes a biting look at the contemporary literary marketplace. Eddie Renfros, on the brink of failure after his critically acclaimed first book, wants only to publish another novel and hang onto his beautiful wife, Amanda, who has her
- [Events](http://eliseblackwell.com/events/) - THE OPEN BOOK Information about past and upcoming talks at The Open Book is available here. 2019 EVENTS Saint Leo University, July 13-15 South Carolina Academy of Authors, Induction Ceremony Weekend, April 26-28 2018 EVENTS The Art Bar, Columbia, October 5, 5:30 pm Mississippi Book Festival, Jackson, August 18 c. 1949, Tampa, March 8, 5
- [The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish](http://eliseblackwell.com/the-unnatural-history-of-cypress-parish/) - Indiebound Amazon Barnes & Noble THE UNNATURAL HISTORY OF CYPRESS PARISH New Orleans Times-Picayune “Book of 2007”Monroe News-Star “Louisiana Book of the Year” Set in southern Louisiana in the weeks preceding the great flood of 1927, this novel depicts a place and way of life about to be forever changed. On the verge of manhood
- [The Lower Quarter](http://eliseblackwell.com/the-lower-quarter/) - Indiebound Amazon Barnes & Noble THE LOWER QUARTER In a hurricane-ravaged city, the discovery of a mysterious body reopens the investigation into a long-missing European painting, leading four lives to intersect and be forever altered. This beautifully woven literary noir is a provocative meditation on both the art of power and the power of art.
- [Hunger](http://eliseblackwell.com/hunger/) - Indiebound Amazon Barnes & Noble HUNGER Los Angeles Times “Best Book of 2003”Sydney Morning Herald “Best Read of The Year”Hunger was also the inspiration for “When the War Came” by the Decemberists and was adapted for the stage by Chicago’s Lifeline Theatre. Scouring the world’s most remote fields and valleys, a dedicated Soviet scientist has