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Charles Williams

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Charles worked as an urban planner in Louisiana and Virginia before obtaining his MBA in Real Estate Finance from the Wharton School. Thereafter, he financed large-scale commercial real estate (apartments, condominiums, land development, office buildings, shopping centers, and hotels/motels) over a 25-year period in 15 states. Many of the housing projects were controversial, like the one at the center of Aftermath. As a native of Louisiana, Charles is very knowledgeable about the history of political corruption in his home state. Charles lived in New Orleans for ten years and currently resides in Baton Rouge.

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New Orleans today

In my novel, Aftermath, a character suspects that racism was playing a role in the City's decisions about investments in improvements and rebuilding after the storm. I recently visited the neighborhood near lower St. Charles Avenue that was the model for my fictional Bacauptown of the novel. I'm happy to report that both the City as a whole and that neighborhood are now prospering. The mayor, Mitc Read more of this blog post »
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