Award-winning author, Francine Falk-Allen, has published three books and numerous essays and articles in national journals. Her novel, A Wolff in the Family, won the Honorable Mention in Readers Favorite International Awards for Realistic Fiction, and her memoir of growing up with polio, Not a Poster Child: Living Well with a Disability, has won gold and silver literary awards and been on several “best books” lists. The compilation, No Spring Chicken: Stories and Advice from a Wild Handicapper on Aging and Disability, was named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of August 2021 and was a finalist in Foreword Reviews’ Indie Awards. Francine has facilitated a writing group for ten years. She loves the outdoors, swimming, gardening, movies, literature, genealogical and ancestral research, British tea, and a little champagne. She resides in San Rafael, California, with her husband, Richard Falk and her recalcitrant but beautiful young cat, Cleo.