Dunbar, Tony

Tony Dunbar is a lawyer who lives in New Orleans, the mirthful and menacing city in which the Tubby Dubonnet mystery series is set. In addition to the mysteries, which have been nominated for the Anthony Boucher and the Edgar Allan Poe awards, he is also the Lillian Smith Book Award-winning author of books about the South, civil rights and protest. He has an abiding interest in the Battle of New Orleans and other grand dramas in the city's colorful history and imaginative culture.