Michael Allen Zell

Michael Allen Zell is a New Orleans-based novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and playwright. His most recent crime fiction novel was The Last Shadow. Its follow-up, Black Ice, launches in April. His previous Bobby Delery series received the following accolades: The L.A. Review of Books praised with, “Zell demonstrates a gallows humor and a fine ear for entertainment…like the best crime fiction, the story invests deeply in setting, and it succeeds by virtue of its author’s palpable love for New Orleans and the people who live there.” Susan Larson in The Times-Picayune said, “What really keeps us turning pages is Zell’s authorial voice, his insights into human nature, and the dark sense of humor that comes out of observing city life.”