Paula Morris' latest novel, Ruined: A Ghost Story, is a mystery for young adults set in New Orleans and the first of what Morris hopes will become her "haunted cities series." An assistant professor of English at Tulane, Morris says that ghosts offer intriguing possibilities for stories.
And old cities, such as nearly 300-year-old New Orleans, have throngs of ghosts within them. Old cities possess layers of history, rich in stories.