James Burke’s Louisiana is a land of heartbreaking beauty. In novel after novel, he’s given us poetic descriptions of sparkling Gulf waters, bayou sunsets, lurking gators and birds taking flight.

Patricia M. Gaitley was getting a masters in American studies at the University of Alabama when she got a serious envie for Louisiana. The exchange student from England began reading James Lee Burke ...

James Lee Burke has published three novels spotlighting other characters over the four years it’s been since we last had a mystery featuring his signature character, Dave Robicheaux. That book was ...

In the first column I wrote for this newspaper, I covered three novels. One of those books was by James Lee Burke. I have reviewed all 20 books Burke has published during the years since then.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Calcasieu Parish Library and their patrons got a chance to meet James Lee Burke on Tuesday, a New York Times best-selling author, originally from New Iberia. Burke has ...

In August 2019, America ran a cover story headlined “The God-Haunted Characters of James Lee Burke.” Written by a senior editor, Edward Schmidt, S.J., the profile discussed a “theology” of Burke, the ...

At age 86, the celebrated author has published 40 bestselling novels and has four more books finished. “I never rest,” he says. James Lee Burke's new book, "Flags on the Bayou," is set during the ...