Clay and Bones by Lisa G Bailey

Clay and Bones by Lisa G Bailey

Clay and Bones follows Lisa Bailey's extraordinary career as an FBI forensic artist, from the aftermath of 9/11 to sculpting the faces of the unidentified dead, while battling the Bureau's entrenched culture of sexism and retaliation.

Just two months after the September 11 terrorist attacks, Lisa Bailey began her career as an FBI forensic artist.

She threw herself into the work, and over the next eighteen years handled hundreds of cases: unidentified remains pulled from shallow graves, sexual assaults, acts of terrorism, and kidnappings. She became a recognized authority in facial approximation from the skull, witnessing firsthand how her sculptures could restore a victim's identity and bring closure to grieving families.

But even in those early days, Bailey noticed cracks in the Bureau's polished image. She'd heard stories of women who reported harassment or discrimination only to find themselves quietly dismissed. She wanted to believe the rumors weren't true . . . then it happened to her. Now, Bailey breaks her silence in this raw, eye-opening account.

She takes readers behind the scenes of the Bureau's most haunting cases, from mass disasters to cold-case homicides, and exposes the hidden toll of a career inside one of the world's most powerful law enforcement agencies.

She describes the painstaking art of restoring a face from an unknown victim's skull, the profound relief of a confirmed identification, and the eerie reality of working among the dead at the University of Tennessee's famed Body Farm.

Told with candor, grit, and dark humor, Clay and Bones offers a rare glimpse into the macabre yet meaningful world of forensic art, and the resilience of a woman who refused to be silenced by the very institution she served.

Lisa Bailey is a retired FBI forensic artist, adjunct faculty member of the FBI Academy, and instructor of the FBI Forensic Facial Imaging Class. She has been featured prominently in major news outlets such as the Washington Post, National Public Radio, America's Most Wanted, Dateline NBC, and A&E Real Crime. Bailey and her forensic art also appear in Mental Floss, Medium, and the National Museum of Health and Medicine.

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ISBN 13	9781641606516
ISBN 10	1641606517
Title	Clay and Bones
Author	Lisa G Bailey
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Chicago Review Press
Year published	2024-02-20
Number of pages	304
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