Lucinda Franks | |
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 Franks at the Miami Book Fair International, 2014 | |
| Born | Lucinda Laura Franks July 16, 1946 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | May 5, 2021 (aged 74) |
| Education | Vassar College (BA) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Lucinda Laura Franks (July 16, 1946 – May 5, 2021) was an American journalist, novelist, and memoirist. Franks won a Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for her reporting on the life of Diana Oughton, a member of Weather Underground. With that award she became the first woman to win a Pulitzer for National Reporting, and the youngest person ever to win any Pulitzer. She published four books, including two memoirs, and worked as a staff writer at The New York Times (1974 to 1977) and The New Yorker (1992 to 2006).