James Gill immigrated in 1977 from England, whcre, after graduating from the University ofLiverpool in 1963, he worked on newspapers and wrote two books on thoroughbred racing andbreeding. He joined the Times-Picayune in 1979 and still contributes a regular column. He is theauthor of a book on New Orleans carnival, Lords of Misrule (1977), and co-author of Tearing Down theLost Cause (2021).
