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Kayla Hardy is a mythology expert and multi-hyphenate author and screenwriter of Louisiana Creole descent. She earned her PhD in creative writing and African American literature from SUNY Binghamton University. Dr. Hardy is an adjunct professor at SUNY Binghamton University and is an accomplished scholar of Black folklore, mythology, and Voodoo. The Quarter Queen is her first novel.
“You had me at nineteenth-century New Orleans mysticism. Hardy deftly depicts a world populated by characters with as much texture and patina as the city it’s set in. The prose is so lush, it brings a sensual beauty to even the most macabre moments. The Quarter Queen’s meditation on maternal legacy and political intrigue, flavored with a heaping spoonful of Creole Voodoo, is truly something special.”—Todd Harris, creator of Eyes of Wakanda “The Quarter Queen is a delight. It is the sort of book I read slowly because such novels are few and far between these days. Kayla Hardy is an incredible talent—a gifted storyteller with rich, generous, bold prose. Utterly fearless.”—Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, author of A Girl Is a Body of Water “A vibrant and dazzling historical fantasy that brings New Orleans to magical, menacing life through the eyes of a mother and daughter who must fight to survive and triumph over the powerful forces arrayed against them. This rich and absorbing novel captivated me from the first page to the last.”—Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne
