Biography
Fran grew up in New York City and Lancaster, Ohio and began storytelling while caring for her four younger siblings. She attended Wellesley College and earned a Ph.D. in botany at the University of Wisconsin before moving to Bartlesville, Oklahoma with her husband. She became interested in folktales while in school and began storytelling in the classroom in 1978, while her two children were in elementary school. Her biology background resurfaced as a thread in her storytelling: as "EarthTeller" she teaches science through stories.
In 1993 she visited Japan with her family and met Hiroko Fujita, a Japanese storyteller, and the two began a professional partnership, touring both countries repeatedly. Their partnership was awarded the International Storybridge Award in 2003.
In March, 2009, Fran won the Tejas Storytelling Association's John Henry Faulk award for "the person who has contributed the most toward the art of storytelling in the Southwest."
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