Marshall Frady

Marshall Bolton Frady (January 11, 1940 – March 9, 2004) was an American Emmy Award-winning journalist and author particularly known for his work on the civil rights movement in the American South. In 1968, he published Wallace, a biography of George Wallace, later described by contemporary Marc Cooper as "an instant classic". In 1982, he won an Emmy Award for his work on a documentary about mercenaries, Soldiers of the Twilight. In 1963, Frady received a bachelor's degree from Furman University, where he later joined the faculty as writer in residence. He began as a journalist at Newsweek, later moving to the Saturday Evening Post and contributing to Harper's and Life.

In addition to his print work, Frady was also active as a television journalist, contributing to the American Broadcasting Company's news series Close Up and Nightline.

Wallace Frady was best known for his biography of George Wallace (pictured). The author of several books, Frady is best known for Wallace, his first. At the time of his death, Frady owed approximately $200,000 in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, causing his papers to be seized and auctioned off by the agency. They sold to Emory University for $10,100.