Frances Ann Reed (née Williams; June 12, 1943 – September 11, 2008) was an American fiber artist and teacher based in Alaska who specialized in a distinctive style of basketry made from dried fish skins and other natural materials found in the state.

[4] The family moved south to Anchorage shortly afterwards when her husband, Dick Reed, an architect, was hired for a large project.

[4] Southcentral Alaska offered more numerous, diverse fish species than those found near Reed's former home in Fairbanks.

[citation needed] Reed's fish skin baskets and other crafts were featured in the book, Arctic Clothing, which was published by the British Museum Press.

[4] She received the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Artists at Giverny fellowship in 1996, which allowed her to study at the home of Claude Monet in France for three months.

Reed's final scholarly paper, entitled Embellishment of the Alaska Native Gut Parka, was presented posthumously at the 11th Biennial Textile Society of America Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii, by Audrey Armstrong.