Author Profile

Fatima Shaik

Fatima Shaik is the author of five books set in Louisiana and a former reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Her most recent book is the short story collection What Went Missing and What Got Found (August 2015), a love letter to the entertaining, unpredictable and flawed characters who populated New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina.

Selling Off New Orleans: Gentrification and the Loss of Community 10 Years After Katrina

How long-time residents feel about the new Louisiana purchase MORE

Features · August 24, 2015
Black and Bengali

A new book traces the hidden story of a mixed-race community. MORE

Culture · March 2, 2013
Chronically Displaced in NOLA

Four years after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the disaster continues. MORE

Act Locally · September 21, 2009
NOLA: Priced Out of the Parade

Rising costs, lack of protection, threaten New Orleans' traditional second line marches MORE

Act Locally · June 6, 2007
Mardi Gras Flame

Fear and fesitivity in New Orleans MORE

Views · February 22, 2007
Masking New Orleans

On Mardi Gras Day, the nation will be looking to New Orleans to see if we are wearing MORE

Features · February 24, 2006
Christmas in New Orleans

Picture Santa's sled with a rolling kitchenette attached and you have some idea about the size of a MORE

Features · December 22, 2005