Digital Library of GeorgiaCourtesy of The Augusta News-ReviewUnited States, 39.76, -98.51977Augusta native Frank Yerby came to be known as "king of the costume novel" for his successful works of historical fiction.Photograph of author Frank Yerby. Yerby was the first African American to write a best-selling novel and to have a book purchased by a Hollywood studio for a film adaptation. During his prolific career, Yerby wrote thirty-three novels and sold more than fifty-five million hardback and paperback books worldwide.image/jpegThe Augusta News-Reviewhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/Georgia Historic NewspapersAfrican American authorsAfrican American novelistsCollege teachers--United StatesAfrican American college teachersAuthors, AmericanNovelists, AmericanYerby, Frank, 1916-1991Frank YerbyStillImage