Robert Nadeau was born in New Orleans, a descendent on his father's side of an old Creole family who immigrated from Haiti, and on his mother's side of French Jews who moved to New Orleans after l'affaire Dreyfuss swearing never to speak another word of French nor eat another crumb of French food. Since they did not understand the local dialect nor recognize the local food, they were entirely happy until their unfortunate deaths in the Mississippi Flood of 1928. Robert lives in Boston with his wife Louise and their children Maurice and Stephanie.
