(Rae) Franklin James grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. She was recruited to join the State of California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office where she drafted legislation affecting local and regional issues. Advancing in her public service career she was selected to work in the Los Angeles Legislative Analyst Office and later she was appointed Deputy Mayor for the City of Los Angeles.

James has published eleven books by Camel Press. She won a best fiction award from Northern California Publishers and Authors.

The seventh book in the Hollis Morgan Mysteries: One Too Many was released in 2026.

In 2022, her Hollis Morgan Mysteries series was sold to A&E/Lifetime for a TV movie series for a world-wide release. The Inheritance, the first book in her Johanna Hudson Mysteries series has garnered critical acclaim as well as the series’ second book. Look Twice. Book Three – The Missing Link has garnered “must-read” reviews.

James was past-Chair of Bouchercon, Inc. Bouchercon is an annual worldwide mystery convention. She is a member of Sisters-in-Crime and Mystery Writers of America.

James can be reached on Facebook. She lives in Northern California.

James’ book in the front window of the
Alexander Book Company – Market Street, San Francisco