Book Signing: The Haunted Guide to New Orleans
The Shop at the Collection
520 Royal Street
Free and open to the public
Join us at the Shop at the Collection for a special Halloween-themed book signing with Rosary O’Neill, PhD, and Rory O’Neill Schmitt, PhD, authors of The Haunted Guide to New Orleans. The book explores New Orleans’s history and cultural heritage through its ghost stories, exploring legendary locations such as Commander’s Palace, Hotel Monteleone, and Lafayette Cemetery, while weaving in the city’s rich voodoo traditions.
The book will be released on September 30, 2025, and will be available for purchase from the Shop both before and during the signing.
Meet the Authors
Rory O’Neill Schmitt, PhD
Rory O’Neill Schmitt, PhD
Rory O’Neill Schmitt, PhD, manages faculty development at University of Southern California’s Bovard College. Her award-winning short film Garden District has garnered more than 20 awards from around the world. Dr. Schmitt has penned three books with Arcadia Publishing and The History Press: Navajo and Hopi Art in Arizona (2016), New Orleans Voodoo: A Cultural History (with Rosary O’Neill, 2019) and Edgar Degas in New Orleans (with Rosary O’Neill, 2023).
Rosary O’Neill, PhD
Rosary O’Neill, PhD
Rosary O’Neill, PhD, is a senior Fulbright drama specialist and winner of nine Fulbright Awards. She has published 19 plays with Concord Publishers (Samuel French Publishers) and has published three play anthologies and six books. A professor emerita at Loyola University New Orleans, Dr. O’Neill founded Southern Rep Theatre, the first repertory theater in New Orleans.
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