Frances Judge

Frances Judge graduated from FIT in Manhattan and worked as an illustrator before homeschooling her five children. She studied writing in between grading papers and changing diapers and taught children’s creative writing and art classes. In 2018, she won first place in the Writer’s Digest Annual Contest for her poem “From the Mannequin Factory.” In the same contest of previous years, two of her young adult short stories received Honorable Mention awards. Her poems and short stories have been published in magazines such as Clubhouse Jr. and anthologies. Her debut novel Randi’s Steps was a finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award. In sixth grade, she was voted Most Sensitive, a quality she hated as a kid but now pours into her stories to create interesting relatable characters.