Jason P. Reed started New Bayou Books to spark a revolution in Louisiana literature. Originally from the town of Eunice, Jason has spent much of his adult life working in U.S. outposts around the world . but everything seems to point back to the Cajun prairie where he grew up. A student of Louisiana literature, Jason observed a vacuum of contemporary fiction set in Acadiana, and so he started New Bayou Books to remedy what he sees as a dire situation. The world needs more Louisiana literature, and though Jason P.

Reed cannot fill the vacuum on his own, he's determined to try, and to encourage others to publish their own Louisiana-themed work independently.