Kent Mayeux

Kent Mayeux is a Louisiana native, attorney, and storyteller rooted in the bayous where his ancestors have lived for centuries. An authentic Frenchman by heritage — and by the stubborn insistence of his family tree — Kent was born and raised along the waterways of south Louisiana and now calls Prairieville home. He and his wife of more than four decades have two children and three grandchildren.

Kent practiced law for over twenty years before retirement granted him something the courtroom never quite could: time to write. He has come to believe that wisdom and peace, not wealth, are the true crowns of a well-lived life — a conviction his characters tend to learn the hard way.

His historical novel The 14th Colony follows a young Frenchman navigating survival, identity, and belonging in the Louisiana colony of 1720 — territory Kent knows not just through research, but through blood. He is a featured author alumnus of the Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge, where he appeared in 2015 with his earlier work, Three Weeks with Gustav.

When he isn't writing, Kent can be found in a duck blind somewhere worth getting up before dawn for.