Bio: Fran is a registered nurse and works part-time in the office of her physician-husband, Jim. She is an organist in her church where she actively participates in women's ministries and assists her husband in teaching a young couples' class. Fran and Jim have an adult son, a married daughter, two granddaughters, and a grandson (expected in July, 2003).

Fran's newest book is Touching the Clouds, Encouraging Stories to Make Your Faith Soar (NavPress, July, 2003). As one of five Greenville writers ("Hens with Pens") she co-authored the best-selling book Courage for the Chicken Hearted (Honor Books, 1998) and its sequel, Eggstra Courage for the Chicken Hearted (Honor Books, 1999). She authored See You Later, Jeffrey (Tyndale House, 1988) which has been translated into Russian. She has contributed to a number of devotional books, including AWSA's Silver and Gold, Intimate Moments with God, and Intimate Encounters with God plus In the Garden With God, Christmas With God (all by Honor Books), and Seasons of a Woman's Heart, Treasures of a Woman's Heart (Starburst Publishers).

Her articles have appeared in many magazines including: Decision, MOODY, HOME LIFE, VIRTUE, PRAY, Journal of Christian Nursing, Focus on the Family Physician, The Christian Communicator, and many others. Fran is a member of Christian Writer's Fellowship International.