S Frederick Starr Author & Editor

S. Frederick Starr is chair of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at John Hopkins University. He is the author of numerous books on New Orleans, including New Orleans Unmasqued; Southern Comfort: The Garden District of New Orleans; and Louis Moreau Gottschalk. He edited Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn, published by University Press of Mississippi.|Robert S. Brantley is an architectural photographer based in New Orleans. His work has appeared in numerous design magazines and books on New Orleans buildings.