E. R. Frank

E. R. Frank
BornRichmond, Virginia, U.S.
OccupationWriter, social worker
NationalityAmerican
EducationVassar College (AB, MSW)[1]
Period2000–present
GenreChildren's fiction

E. R. Frank is an American fiction writer, clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She writes young adult or teen fiction, and middle-grade fiction.[1]

Frank won the Teen People Book Club NEXT Award for her first novel Life Is Funny,[2] which was published by DK Ink in 2000. Her 2003 novel America was made into a 2009 television movie starring Rosie O'Donnell and Philip Johnson.

Frank is the granddaughter of Gerold Frank, a best-selling American biographer and ghostwriter.[3] She graduated from Vassar College in 1990.

As a therapist, Frank specializes in adults and adolescents who have undergone psychological trauma.[2] According to a 2004 interview for Vassar's alumni publication, she "uses books, and discussion of literary characters" in her practice. She also told the interviewer, "Writing is therapeutic for me. It's how I process my experiences as a social worker."[1]

Her book America was removed from public school libraries in Martin County, Florida.[4]

Books

  • Life Is Funny (DK Ink, 2000)
  • America (Atheneum Books, 2002)
  • Friction (Atheneum, 2003) – middle-grade fiction[1]
  • Wrecked (Atheneum, 2007)
  • Dime (2015)

Awards

  • Teen People Book Club NEXT Award, Life Is Funny

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Beyond Vassar: Captivating a Young Audience". Corinne Militello '98. Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly 100.1 (Winter 2003). Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  2. ^ a b "E. R. Frank" (official publisher page). Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  3. ^ Britton, Jason (June 26, 2000). "Spring 2000 Flying Starts: E.R. Frank". Publishers Weekly.
  4. ^ "These books are banned in Martin County, Florida". 13 March 2023.