Rae James, writing as R. Franklin James, followed a career of political and legislative advocacy with writing mysteries. In 2013 her debut novel and first book in the Hollis Morgan Mystery series, The Fallen Angels Book Club, was published by Camel Press. The final book in the six-book series, The Identity Thief, was published in 2018. She launched two new series, the Remy Loh Bishop Mysteries, with The Appraiser in 2019, and the Johanna Hudson Mysteries, The Inheritance, released in Spring 2021. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, and Northern California Publishers and Authors, and lives in Northern California with her husband.