DeLaune Michel Biography

DeLauné Michel is an award-winning writer and actress. She was raised in South Louisiana in a literary family with over 10 published writers in two generations including her late uncle André Dubus (In the Bedroom) her mother Elizabeth Nell Dubus and her cousins André Dubus (House of Sand and Fog) and James Lee Burke (New York Times best-selling mystery writer). Michel is the author of the novels Aftermath of Dreaming (William Morrow) and The Safety of Secrets (Avon).
Ms. Michel was named for Helene DeLauné the first woman over from France on her mother’s side. Helene DeLauné was in the court of Marie Antoinette and her husband Jules André fought in the French Revolution. Marie Antoinette gave Helene DeLauné jewels to help her and her husband escape to South Louisiana. Ms. Michel’s father’s family was the eleventh family in New Orleans.
Michel moved to New York City upon leaving high school. She was a model there and in Europe and then spent several years studying acting with teachers from the Neighborhood Playhouse The Actor’s Studio Juilliard and the Yale Drama School. Michel had guest starring roles on TV shows such as NYPD Blue The Gilmore Girls and Judging Amy among others.

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