Rose Franken (December 28, 1895 – June 22, 1988) was an American writer and playwright best known for her Claudia stories, plus the books, films, and plays based on them.
When Franken was 12, the family moved to New York; there, she attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School.
[2] Her books included Of Great Riches (1937), Strange Victory (1939), Claudia: The Story of A Marriage (1939), and When Doctors Disagree (1940).
[1] On September 1, 1913, she married Sigmund Walter Anthony Franken, an oral surgeon who died on December 17, 1932.
[6] She was one of the artists and writers to visit Melrose Plantation on the Cane River in Louisiana.[7][when?