The Ken Wells website. . .
Journalist, novelist, musician/songwriter, photographer, proud native of the Louisiana bayous,
citizen of the world, gumbo chef, hiker, fisherman...and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize...
About the author...
"Wells is the Cajun Carl Hiaasen"--Tom Wolfe
"One of the most compelling voices in fiction of the last decade..."--The Los Angeles Times
"An adventure storyteller "of the first order..."--The Atlanta Constituion
"In the tradition of Tom Wolfe, Wells writes energetic satire....” —William J. Cobb
The Dallas Morning News
New!
Ken's sixth novel, Swamped!, a fast-paced young adult survival story set in Louisiana's Great Atchafalaya Swamp, will be published by Virginia-based Koehler Books in December 2022. Ken has taken on a writing partner, his bright, talented and telegenic niece, Hillary Wells, to help with the dialogue and other writing chores. Click here for a summary of the novel and watch this space for updates!
Novels...
Narrative non-fiction... Anthologies...
Contacts and miscellaneous...
The rap on Wells...Hear "Mama's Cookin' Gumbo," the song Ken wrote about his momma's famous gumbo...Produced and recorded by Pershing Wells at Digital Sac-a-Lait Studios, Houma, La.
Glossary--'envie', a craving
loup garou--the Cajun werewolf.
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