Biography

Chandler Lockart is a retired journalist and keen observer who has returned to his native New Orleans after many years working for a newspaper on the East Coast. He writes fact and fiction about New Orleans and Louisiana. The fiction focuses on the Armstrong family of New Orleans. They are a wealthy family that owns the NORCO Oil Company, one of the world’s largest privately owned companies. Chandler is a relative and avid chronicler of this family, along with their extended family, friends, and associates. Chandler is also a character in some of the stories.
Chandler Lockhart is a pseudonym for the actual author of the work represented on this site, who will remain anonymous. The image of Chandler Lockhart is, in fact, one of Ralph McGill (February 5, 1898 – February 3, 1969), a noted journalist, editor, and newspaper publisher of the Atlanta Constitution from the 1930s to the 1960s who was a staunch opponent of segregation. The image is a portrait of McGill by Robert Templeton, painted in 1984. My use of this public domain portrait is an homage. The character of Chandler Lockhart, however, has very different personal characteristics from Ralph McGill. The image, nevertheless, suited my imagined image of Chandler well.