Lyle Saxon

Lyle Saxon (September 4, 1891 – April 9, 1946) was a writer and journalist who reported for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, Louisiana. He directed the Federal Writers' Project Works Progress Administration (WPA) guide to Louisiana. He wrote stories and several books including a novel set among the Creoles who lived along the Cane River, a book on New Orleans, a book about pirate Jean Lafitte, and a book about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, and co-authored a book on Louisiana folk tales. His book The Friends of Joe Gilmore is about his experiences and friendship with his black valet. Writer, suffragette, poet, and abolitionist Elizabeth Lyle Saxon was his grandmother. Saxon was gay and had an active social life including with various authors.