Frankie Y. Bailey
Biography
Frankie Y. Bailey is an associate professor in the
School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany. She is the author of several non-fiction books, including Out
of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction
(Greenwood, 1991), an examination of the history of the portrayal of black
characters in crime fiction from Edgar Allan Poe to the writers of the late 20th century. This book was nominated for an Edgar award (Mystery Writers
of America) for Criticism/Biography. Bailey
is the editor (with Donna C. Hale) of Popular Culture, Crime, and
Justice (Wadsworth, 1998), a volume of articles about crime and criminals in
the mass media. Her most recent
book (with Alice P. Green) is “Law Never Here”: A Social History of
African American Responses to Issues of Crime and Justice (Praeger,
1999). In all of these books,
Bailey has focused on crime and culture. With
her latest book — her first work of fiction — Bailey explores this topic from
the perspective of her protagonist, Lizzie Stuart, an African American crime
historian. Death’s Favorite
Child is the first in this series featuring a unique sleuth who is search of
the truth not only about murder but about her own family history.
