Author Night at Hubbell Library: Michael Strecker

The Knights of Wade

In this comedic novel set in New Orleans in the late 1980s, an inveterate lottery player will risk everything―except gainful employment―to strike it rich.

Filled with local-flavored humor, The Knights of Wade features engaging, unforgettable characters and a unique plot that offers insights into fate, faith, and the vagaries of life.

Michael Strecker is an award-winning author and standup comedian. His comedic New Orleans-based novel, The Knights of Wade, has garnered rave reviews from Vanity Fair to The Times-Picayune. Now in its second printing, the book has been nominated for The Thurber Prize for American Humor. His short fiction has been selected twice as a Tennessee Williams Festival finalist and has appeared in leading literary journals. He is also the author of several acclaimed children’s books, including The Young Comic's Guide to Telling Jokes, Book 1 and 2 and the NOLA-favorite Jokes for Crescent City Kids. He lives in the New Orleans area with his wife, poet Jillian Strecker, and their two children Stephen and Joseph.

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