Tom Piazza \'s twelve books include the novels A Free State and City of Refuge , the story collection Blues and Trouble , and his nonfiction work Why New Orleans Matters .
He was a principal writer for the HBO series Treme , and lives in New Orleans..
Tom Piazza \'s twelve books include the novels A Free State and City of Refuge , the story collection Blues and Trouble , and his nonfiction work Why New Orleans Matters