Author

Lona Bailey

2 books, mostly biography, for Bloomsbury Academic and Tantor Media, 2025–2026

Lona Bailey, PhD, is an award-winning researcher and writer specializing in the Golden Age of Hollywood and the overlooked stories of women in entertainment. She has written biographies of actresses including Virginia Gregg, Betty Lou Gerson, Cathy Lewis, and Joan Banks Lovejoy, as well as cultural criticism such as Wicked Witch of the West: The Enduring Legacy of a Feminist Icon. Bailey is an Amazon bestselling author based in Tennessee.