Inducted September 15, 2017 
Education:
- Jefferson High School, 1982
- University of Minnesota, B.A. English, 1989
Accomplishments/Work History:
- Author: The Kingdom of Zydeco (1998), Sugarcane Academy (2006), Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White (2016)
- Winner of the Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Book; Finalist in PEN America Literary Award for Biography and National Book Critics Award for Biography, Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White
- ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Recipient, The Kingdom of Zydeco
- Awarded First Prize Awards for writing by National Association of Alternate Newsweeklies, Louisiana Press Association and New Orleans Press Club
- Former editor of New Orleans’ Gambit Weekly