Jessica H. Schexnayder is a Louisiana native passionate about documenting the people, history, and culture of south Louisiana.  Her writing and photography have been featured by the Louisiana State Archives.  Louisiana Cultural Vistas, Country Roads, Heart of Louisiana, and Inside New Orleans.

 

Mary H. Manhein is author of The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist; Trail of Bones: More Cases from the Files of a Forensic Anthropologist; Bone Remains: Cold Cases in Forensic Anthropology; and the mystery novel, Floating Souls: The Canal Murders.  She is the retired director of the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory at Louisiana State University.