Frances Wynne was born in 1863 in Collon, a village near Drogheda, County Louth.
Through Katharine Tynan she made the acquaintance of Matthew Russell, editor of the Irish Monthly, who was impressed with her writing and published her poems in the magazine.
She went on to contribute to Longman's Magazine, The Providence Journal and The Spectator.
Matthew Russell offered to pay for the publication of her poems, and a collection, called Whisper!, was published by Messrs. Kegan Paul in 1891.
[citation needed] Shortly after her death, Katherine Tynan wrote the elegy "A Young Mother" in her memory.