Chris Wiltz

Chris Wiltz, a native of New Orleans, is the author of five novels, including The Killing Circle , A Diamond Before You Die , and The Emerald Lizard , all set in New Orleans and featuring Irish Channel detective Neal Rafferty. Wiltz's novel The Glass House was praised by the New York Times as "unflinchingly honest" and a book that "needs to be read on both sides of Convent Street." Shoot the Money , her most recent fiction, is an edgy "sisters in crime" novel reminiscent of Thelma and Louise ....See more

Chris Wiltz, a native of New Orleans, is the author of five novels, including The Killing Circle , A Diamond Before You Die , and The Emerald Lizard , all set in New Orleans and featuring Irish Channel detective Neal Rafferty. Wiltz's novel The Glass House was praised by the New York Times as "unflinchingly honest" and a book that "needs to be read on both sides of Convent Street." Shoot the Money , her most recent fiction, is an edgy "sisters in crime" novel reminiscent of Thelma and Louise . The Last Madam , her biography of French Quarter legend Norma Wallace, is under option for film. Wiltz has written for the New Yorker , the Los Angeles Times , and numerous other publications, and she has been a writer in residence and adjunct professor at both Tulane and Loyola Universities. See less