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name: Woody Falgoux
about: Woody Falgoux grew up in Louisianas bayou country. Some of his earliest memories are of watching workboats glide down Bayou Lafourche. Their tall cabs and regal, graceful motion reminded him of chariots. Their personalized names spoke of an intriguing history. He would pass by the boat owners mansions and hear bits of their improbable stories. Even as a kid, he was always curious about how they achieved their success. His boyhood curiosity only increased as the years passed. While fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, he would watch these massive boats plow through the waves. Working one summer at a Grand Isle shrimp shed, hed stare in awe at the workboats, larger than clouds, coasting down Bayou Rigaud.After graduating from high school in 1988, h Woody Falgoux grew up in Louisianas bayou country. Some of his earliest memories are of watching workboats glide down Bayou Lafourche. Their tall cabs and regal, graceful motion reminded him of chariots. Their personalized names spoke of an intriguing history. He would pass by the boat owners mansions and hear bits of their improbable stories. Even as a kid, he was always curious about how they achieved their success. His boyhood curiosity only increased as the years passed. While fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, he would watch these massive boats plow through the waves. Working one summer at a Grand Isle shrimp shed, hed stare in awe at the workboats, larger than clouds, coasting down Bayou Rigaud.After graduating from high school in 1988, he entered the University of Missouri School of Journalism and worked in Columbia, Missouri as a reporter, videographer and anchor for KOMU-TV, an NBC affiliate, and as a radio producer, reporter and anchor for KBIA-FM, an NPR affiliate. After graduation from Journalism School in December 1991, he returned home to the bayou and covered the outdoors as a freelance writer for Louisiana Sportsman, Louisiana Game &amp; Fish and the Houma Daily Courier. After graduating from LSU Law School in 1995, he became in-house counsel at Bollinger Shipyards before joining a maritime firm in New Orleans. During most of his two years there he took statements and depositions from oilfield rig hands and workboat captains. He also inspected jack-up rigs, tugs, barges and other vessels.Woody then began a solo practice in suburban Metairie and in 1999, moved his practice back home to Thibodaux. In 2000, he wrote his first book, One Dream: The NFL (Sleeping Bear Press, 2001), a narrative nonfiction of 10 long shots attempt to make the New Orleans Saints. After One Dreams release, the author made numerous media appearances and speaking engagements (as listed at www.woodyfalgoux.com). One Dream attracted positive reviews appearing in newspapers from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to the Seattle Times. The author has appeared nationally on ESPN radio and on regional radio from Florida to Iowa to Texas. He now lives 100 yards from the banks of Bayou Lafourche with his wife Susie and young daughters Gracie and Celeste." ...more