Josephine Frisbie

AKA: Jo Frisbie

Born 1903-06-26 Red Cloud, NE (USA)

Died 1996-06-10
Omaha, NE (USA)

Buried
Red Cloud, NE (USA)
Red Cloud Cemetery

Frisbie is the author of mystery novels with settings in Nebraska.
The Josephine Frisbie Scholarship is given to graduating seniors from Central High School who will major in English.

Places Lived

Pleasant Hill, NE
Cowles, NE
Red Cloud, NE
Omaha, NE
Norfolk, NE

Author Of

Fiction
Play/Screenplay

Keywords

Mysteries; Novels -- Nebraska; Plays

Education

BA and MA, 1927 and 1928, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Graduate work at University of Chicago, Northwestern, and Omaha University

Occupation

Teacher
Counselor
English Department Head, Central High School, Omaha, NE
Author

Places Worked

Omaha Central High School, Omaha, NE
Norfolk High School, Norfolk, NE

Associations

Cather Pioneer Memorial, Trustee
Omaha Education Association, President
Omaha Library Board

Bibliography

Ellen Smith, Registrar of the University of Nebraska, 1877-1902. 1928.
Please Admit. (with Gunnar Horn)
Murder in the Old Mill. 1979. (with Gunnar Horn)
Murder in the Museum. 1980. (with Gunnar Horn)
Murder in the Churchyard. 1982. (with Gunnar Horn)
Murder on Maple Street. 1984 (with Gunnar Horn)

Also published short stories, interviews and articles

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