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]
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Born | Richmond, Virginia, US |
Occupation | Writer, social worker |
Nationality | American |
Education | B.A. Vassar College, 1990; M.S.W.[1] |
Period | 2000–present |
Genre | Children's fiction |
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]
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