Sue Strachan has sat at the intersection of culture and human behavior with a drink at the ready. Cocktails were at the ready. Her first book was "The Cafe Brulot" (2021), followed by “The Obituary Cocktail” (2025), both part of LSU Press Iconic New Orleans Cocktail series. (And, “The Obituary Cocktail” was featured in the New York Times.)
As a social historian, Sue has written about New Orleans culture, food, cocktails, entertainment, history and current events, as well as other topics not city-centric for a variety of publications, including The Times-Picayune and Preservation in Print. This is her second appearance at the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University. Find out more at suestrachan.com.
