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Cheré Coen, Award-Winning Journalist, releases Fifth Viola Valentine Paranormal Mystery Novel Which Captures South Louisiana Culture

November 14, 2019

We taped a really fun podcast recently which featured Lafayette’s Cheré Dastugue Coen, who writes fictional works under the pen name Cherie Claire. An award-winning journalist in both the fiction and non-fiction realms, Cheré released her fifth Viola Valentine paranormal mystery, Give Up the Ghost, in November 2019. The series features Viola Valentine, a New […]

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Cheré Coen: Award-Winning Journalist Bringing Louisiana to Life

April 19, 2019

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Prolific Writer Covers All Topics from Travel, Food, and Romance to Paranormal Mysteries Cheré Dastugue Coen, an award-winning journalist, has been writing her whole life. Never experiencing writer’s block, she is the author of books of local interest such as “Forest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History,” “Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana,” and “Exploring Cajun Country: A […]