Frankie Y. Bailey is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany (SUNY). Her areas of research are crime history, and crime and mass media, popular culture, and material culture. Her books include Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction and African American Mystery Writers. She is a Macavity award-winner and Edgar, Agatha, Anthony nominee for non-fiction. She is also the recipient of a George N. Dove award for contributions to the study of crime fiction. Her own mysteries feature Southern criminal justice professor/crime historian Lizzie Stuart, Albany police detective Hannah McCabe, and former World War II Army nurse Jo Radcliffe. Her short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and in recent anthologies (Down to the River, Midnight Hour, and Monkey Business). She is working on a non-fiction book about dress, appearance, and perception bias in American crime and justice, a historical thriller set in 1939, and the 6th Lizzie Stuart mystery. Frankie is a past executive vice president of Mystery Writers of America and a past president of Sister of Crime National. Her housemates include Fergus, a rambunctious but lovable Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and Penelope, a tolerant, trilling Maine Coon rescue.Twitter @FrankieYBailey Website URL https://www.frankieybailey.com/************************Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.www.SistersinCrime.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnationalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime