Featured appearances and classes
James River Writers’ Conference, 2022 & 2023
University of British Columbia Visiting Writer, 2022
VCFA WYA Visiting Author, winter residency 2021
Randolph College Visiting Writers’ Reading Series 2021
Philcon Principal Speaker 2021
Pearl S. Buck Visiting Writer, Randolph College, Fall 2020
Interested in a visit?
With experience teaching workshops across elementary, middle, high schools and college, Fran can visit a classroom, library, or school and deliver immersive and interactive talks on brainstorming, worldbuilding, research, and more. She has given public readings and served on panels at colleges, high schools, and conventions. She has taught writing at the high school level (5+ years) and at writers workshops and classes including Futurescapes, University of Delaware, University of Richmond, and more. Fran holds an MFA in poetry, was a communications and interactive media professor at the college and graduate level (5+ years – Loyola College, University of Baltimore) and taught for the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins.
Monster Madness at Ridge Elementary, Richmond VA
