Mary Ellen Hughes
Bailey, Frankie Y.
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Biographical Note
Frankie Y. Bailey is an associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany (SUNY). She does research on crime and American culture, focusing on crime history, and crime and mass media/popular culture. She is the author of the Edgar-nominated Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction (Greenwood, 1991). She is the co-editor (with Donna C. Hale) of Popular Culture, Crime, and Justice (Wadsworth, 1998). She is the co-author (with Alice P. Green) of “Law Never Here”: A Social History of African American Responses to Issues of Crime and Justice (Praeger, 1999). With Steven Chermak and Michelle Brown, she co-edited Media Representations of September 11 (Praeger, 2003). She and Donna C. Hale are the co-authors of the book, Blood on Her Hands: The Social Construction of Women, Sexuality, and Murder (Wadsworth, 2004). She and Steven Chermak are the series editors of the five-volume set, Famous American Crimes and Trials (Praeger, 2004), nominated for both the Anthony and the Macavity award. They are the co-editors of the two-volume set, Crimes of the Century (Praeger, 2007). Frankie's most recent books are African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study (MacFarland, 2008) and Wicked Albany: Lawlessness & Liquor in the Prohibition Era (co-authored with Alice Green, The History Press, Feb. 2009).
Frankie’s mystery series features Southern criminal justice professor/crime historian Lizzie Stuart in Death's Favorite Child (Silver Dagger, 2000), A Dead Man's Honor (Silver Dagger, 2001), and Old Murders (Silver Dagger, 2003). A short story, “Since You Went Away” appears in the mystery anthology, Shades of Black (2004), edited by Eleanor Taylor Bland. The fourth Lizzie Stuart novel, You Should Have Died on Monday, was released in March 2007. Frankie is at work on the next book in the series set on Eastern Shore Virginia and a second mystery series set in the World War II era.
Frankie is a member of Sisters in Crime (SinC), Romance Writers of America (RWA), and Mystery Writers of America (MWA). She is currently the Executive Vice President of MWA.
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Wicked Albany: Lawlessness & Liquor in the Prohibition Era Author: Frankie Y. Bailey and Alice P. Green Published: February 18, 2009 by The History Press Category: Non-fiction/True Crime From the back cover: Albany, New York, experienced massive upheaval when the Volstead Act of 1919 established Prohibition. Crime already proliferated in the capital of the Empire State, with rival political machines stooping to corruption and the mob with their heavy-handed powers of persuasion. As it did nationwide, Prohibition in Albany served merely to force alcohol-related commerce underground and lawlessness and violence to the forefront of city activity. Click for more info. |
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African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study Author: Frankie Y. Bailey Published: November 30, 2008 by McFarland Category: Criticism/Biography From McFarland: Click for more info. |
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You Should Have Died on Monday Author: Frankie Y. Bailey Published: April 1, 2007 by Overmountain Press Series Name: Lizzie Stuart Category: amateur sleuth; academic Main Character: Lizzie Stuart and John Quinn Lizzie goes in search of her long-lost mother, Becca. The search for Becca takes her to Chicago, where Becca was a blues singer in the 1960s and involved with two men, both of whom were murdered. From Chicago to Wilmington, NC, and then on to pre-Katrina New Orleans, Lizzie follows her mother's lethal trail while she tries to decide how to answer the question John Quinn has asked her. Click for more info. |
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