Emily Franklin

Emily Franklin is author of more than 20 books including Literary Fiction for Adults, Young Adult fiction, Memoir, Short Stories, and Poetry. Her original and adapted TV and Film screenplays have been optioned for film and TV. She is also the editor of several anthologies. Her work has been published in the New York Times, The London Sunday Times, The Boston Globe, The Forward, Guernica, and The Rumpus among other places as well as read aloud on National Public Radio, named to numerous honor lists, long-listed for the London Sunday Times Short Story Award and named notable by the Association of Jewish Libraries. She holds degrees in English, Writing, and Screenwriting.

Emily can be found at emilyfranklin.com.

Charitable Organizations: Southern Poverty Law Center and The Trevor Project

PRAISE

“Franklin illuminates grief and loss, identity and memory while navigating the space between the childhoods we’ve helped create for our children and the shifting landscapes of our parents’ aging. She is a brilliant writer, one I seek out-time and again-for insight and solace.”

- Julianna Baggott

 “This delightfully written memoir [Too Many Cooks] puts into practice what [it] preaches. Novelist and former professional chef Emily Franklin chronicles her yearlong mission to introduce her four children to exotic foods from purple potatoes to curried goat. Franklin mixes tales of wonder…with more than 100 recipes that were tested on her own kids. Recipes range from simple (Roasted Broccoli) to imaginative (Crunchy Sesame Tofu).”

--The Boston Globe

The Girls’ Almanac

“Franklin’s smart prose sees her characters through rites of passage including first sexual encounters, marriage and motherhood, as well as difficulties such as terminal illness, infidelity and widowhood… thought-provoking stories pull readers through.”

- Publisher’s Weekly 

YA Praise

“Intelligent humor, well-drawn characters—even the secondary ones—and believable situations…readers will find themselves cheering for the proper alignment of these star-crossed lovers.”

- Kirkus