
An admitted sports fanatic, she feeds her addiction to football by watching New Orleans Saints games on Sunday afternoons.ĭawn Chartier might occasionally have a gator parked in her front yard there on the bayou, but it’s the snakes that really scare the bejeezus out of her. When she is not writing in her favorite coffee shop, Farrah spends most of her time reading, traveling the world, visiting Walt Disney World, and catching her favorite Broadway shows. Farrah has been nominated for an RT BOOKReviews Reviewers Choice Award, and in 2015 received the Emma Award for Author of the Year. Yours Forever, the third book in the Bayou Dreams series, was a 2015 RITA® finalist. I’ll Catch You, the second book in her New York Sabers series for Harlequin Kimani, was a 2012 RITA ® Award finalist. She has garnered much acclaim for her Holmes Brothers, New York Sabers, Bayou Dreams and Moments in Maplesville series. USA Today Bestselling author Farrah Rochon hails from a small town just west of New Orleans. Short Story: “A Cabin in the Woods”, Never Fear – Christmas Terrors (13Thirty Publishers) She resides outside of New Orleans with her husband and two sons, both of whom show great promise as a writer and an artist. Apart from writing, she is also a visual artist and enjoys painting and pottery. Her legal career is as varied as her personal interests: she has worked as a prosecutor on an Indian reservation, on the Mexican border and in a major metropolis, and her sometimes gritty imagery is based on her personal experience on the streets and morgues of Arizona. She is a member of Romance Writers of America and recently penned an article for RT Digital about her journey to publication. She is a 2015 recipient of the prestigious Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense for her debut novel Pure Death published by Etopia Press, as well as a first and second place winner in the romantic suspense categories for her manuscripts Bare Bones and The Sweet Death in the Dixie Kane Memorial Contest. Liah Penn is an award winning author of two romantic suspense novels in the Ina Stone and Sam Fujimoto mystery series. Please join us for the panel presentation on Saturday, Februat the east bank branch of the Jefferson Parish Library.
