Besides over a dozen of the nation’s best and brightest agents and editors, this year’s Words & Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans boasts no less than 75 author and scholar faculty members, the largest gathering of gliterati EVER in the Big Easy. The list includes:

1. Gregory Anderson, MD
2. Reza Aslan, Ph.D
3. Howard Bahr
4. Geoffrey Baker, Ph.D
5. Tad Bartlett
6. Alex Beard
7. James Gordon Bennett
8. John Biguenet
9. George Bishop
10. Robin Black
11. Elise Blackwell
12. Roy Blount Jr.
13. Desiree Burch
14. Nancy Cater, J.D., Ph.D
15. Christopher Chambers
16. Hal Clark
17. Nicole Cooley
18. Franklin Cox
19. Nancy Dixon
20. Arlene V. Drachslin
21. Loraine Despres
22. Heidi W. Durrow
23. Rosemary Daniell
24. Janice Eidus
25. Liv Evensen, Ph.D
26. Pamela Binnings Ewen
27. Beth Ann Fennelly
28. Jason Ferris
29. Randy Fertel
30. Tom Franklin
31. Patty Friedmann
32. Lee Froehlich
33. Zachary J. George
34. Julia Glass
35. Dr. Janet V. Haedicke
36. W. Kenneth Holditch, Ph.D
37. Sarah D. Holloway, Ph.D
38. John David Hosemann
39. Rosemary James
40. Florence M. Jumonville
41. Kristin Kelly
42. Bill Loehfelm
43. Stanley Lombardo
44. Christopher Love
45. Billy Lyons
46. Ivan Mandich
47. Simon Mawer
48. Linda Watanabe McFerrin
49. Anne Mini
50. Dr. Gordon “Nick” Mueller
51. Sena Jeter Naslund
52. Tim O’Brien
53. Stewart O’ Nan
54. James Pagel MS/MD
55. Capt. Sonja Pasquantonio
56. Dr. Alan Pasternak
57. E. Quinn Peeper
58. George Rodrigue
59. Lori Rope
60. Maurice Ruffin
61. Josh Russell
62. Kathryn Pratt Russell, Ph.D
63. Brian Schneider
64. Rob Magnuson Smith
65. Shari Stauch
66. Terri Stoor
67. Gordon Walmsley
68. Rebecca Wells
69. Ken Wells
70. Jacqueline J. West
71. Marcel Wisznia
72. Steve Yates

With a theme of “The Literature of War and Collateral Damage” – the hundreds attending are in for a phenomenal selection of panels and speakers. It all takes place November 17-21 — If you haven’t made your reservations yet, time is running out and this is one reader/writer event attendees will be talking about for years to come!