![]() ![]() Her talent and memory will live on forever in her wonderful books. “We are grateful we had the opportunity to let her know how much she meant to the mystery community before she left us. “She was an inspiration, a trailblazer, and a remarkable talent and voice whose loss is deeply felt,” the MWA said in a statement. ![]() ![]() The series “had at its center a nomadic amateur detective and domestic worker who uses the invisibility inherent to her job as an advantage in pursuit of the truth,” AP said.įellow mystery writers are mourning the passing of the writer whom the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) awarded its 2020 Grand Master designation. Neely’s Blanche White series, while it contained just four books, made history by using the the “invisibility” of domestic workers and women of color as its pivotal plot device, the Associated Press noted. Neely’s Blanche White series, while it contained just four books, made history by using the the “invisibility” of domestic workers and women of color as its pivotal plot device.īarbara Neely, the award-winning mystery novelist who created the first ever black protagonist in mainstream American publishing, died after a short illness, her publisher confirmed Monday. ![]()
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