ILLUSION OF MURDER IN BOOKSTORES!
by Tri Fritz
Our good friend Carol McCleary has had her second Nellie Bly novel - THE ILLUSION OF MURDER - published by Forge Books. This time Nellie solves a mystery in Egypt while on her famous trip around the world. Romantic Times has given ILLUSION its "Seal of Excellence." For more reviews, check out BLYINES THE BLOG. Carol has told me she is already at work on a third adventure for Nellie!
NEW ARTICLE POSTED
by Tri Fritz
While at The Pittsburgh Dispatch, Nellie wrote a series of articles about women who worked in local factories entitled "Our Workshop Girls." These articles demonstrated that women could do the same jobs as men, and just as well. Nellie also wanted to show that women were willing to work at jobs outside of the home. She hoped that owners in other industries would follow the lead of businesses profiled.
NELLIE IN MEXICO!
by Tri Fritz
NEW ARTICLE POSTED! Before she went around the world, Nellie traveled to Mexico. What began as a travelogue soon became a scathing commentary on the country. In fact, when she left Mexico, Nellie was just one step ahead of the police. Nellie wrote many articles about her trip for The Pittsburgh Dispatch. The first is "Nellie In Mexico," and can be found in the HER WRITING section.
THE ALCHEMY OF MURDER
by Carol McCleary
(2010) A NELLIE BLY NOVEL! Paris 1889. The Alchemist is how I've come to think of him; he has a passion for the dark side of knowledge, mixing murder and madness with science. Nellie Bly - reporter, feminist and amateur detective - is in Paris on the trail of an enigmatic killer. The city is a dangerous place: an epidemic of Black Fever rages, anarchists plot to overthrow the government…
BYLINES: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY OF NELLIE BLY
by Sue Macy
(2009) Starred Review. Grades 4 to 6. The life story of this daring news reporter, globetrotter, and advocate for women's rights is presented chronologically from birth to death. By seamlessly weaving her subject's accomplishments as a national figure with her personal life, Macy offers a masterful account of how Bly and turn-of-the-century American society shaped one another. There is at least one period photo, map, or artifact per spread, as…
THE DARING NELLIE BLY: AMERICA’S STAR REPORTER
by Bonnie Christensen
(2009) Grades 3 to 5. This picture book for older readers tells Nellie Bly's fabulous story: a riches-to-rags childhood; a job at the Pittsburgh Dispatch when no woman had such a thing; a move to New York, where she went undercover in an insane asylum and then wrote the story for the New York World. She bested the fictional hero Jules Verne by going around the world--alone-- in 72 days,…
CONGRATULATIONS!
Posted by Tri Fritz on November 20 2011
Olivia Bohlmann's History Day project on Nellie Bly went all the way to the state finals!
Reviews For ILLUSION
Posted by Tri Fritz on August 21 2011
Reviews for Carol McCleary's new Nellie Bly novel ILLUSION OF MURDER are in... and they're good!
NELLIE ON PAGE, STAGE AND SCREEN
Posted by Tri Fritz on September 04 2010
With the release of THE ALCHEMY OF MURDER, I thought it would be interesting to look back at some of the other fictional accounts of Nellie Bly.
