Barbara Neely (1941-2020) was a novelist, short-story writer, and author of the popular Blanche White mystery novels. She was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2020. The first book in this series, Blanche on the Lam, won the Agatha, the Macavity, and the Anthony--three of the four major mystery awards for best first novel--as well as the Go On Girl! Book Club award for a debut novel. Books in the Blanche White series have been taught in courses at Howard University, Northwestern, Bryn Mawr, Old Dominion, Boston College, Appalachian State University, Washington State University and Guttenberg University in Mainz, Germany.
