![]() ![]() According to records, Norma ran a few different brothel houses in New Orleans, but her most famous one was at 1026 Conti Street, a house she bought in 1938 from famous New Orleans photographer Ernest J. She then got a loan from the world bantamweight champion Pete Herman and opened her first brothel. Even her obituary didn't accurately represent her age.) She was a street girl for a few years, before realizing she had intuitive business skills. (She never told anyone her real age and constantly took years off when she did talk about it. Norma Baden, as she was originally named, was born in 1901 most likely. Willie Woodley, the madam who runs the brothel in Sepetys' book is based on Norma Wallace. She said she couldn't have written Out of the Easy without this book or Wiltz. Years later, she was able to go to Wiltz's house, spend the day with her, and learn all about the New Orleans underworld that was home to Norma Wallace. "The Last Madam" was Norma Wallace, a powerful madam who ran a brothel in the French Quarter of New Orleans. She bought and read the book in one sitting. She was out in the rain once and had ducked into a bookstore to keep from getting wet, when she saw the book The Last Madam: Life in the New Orleans Underworld by Christine Wiltz. In an interview about her new book, Out of the Easy, Ruta Sepetys describes finding a different book, one that blew her away. ![]()
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