Michael Tisserand

Michael Tisserand is a New Orleans-based author whose most recent book, Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle and PEN America awards for biography, and is a finalist in the Eisner awards. His other books include The Kingdom of Zydeco and Sugarcane Academy: How a New Orleans Teacher and His Storm-Struck Students Created a School to Remember. He can be contacted at michaeltisserandauthor.com.