Frances Milburn

Frances Milburn was a teacher in middle and elementary school for 26 years, including time on the Navajo Reservation and in England, as well as many years at Riverside Middle School in Watertown, Wisconsin. She taught writing, language arts, science, and social studies. During her years at RMS, she wrote a youth novel Pizza Highway which was used in the Watertown school district.

In addition, she’s developed curriculum in a variety of situations including Discover Mediaworks, an educational children’s programming company. She won a state award for an innovative environmental program she created and used in Watertown.

Milburn self published one book and has 3 more in the works. She also published shorter pieces in the newspaper (Milwaukee Journal) and a magazine (Farmshine). Through the years, she has written more than 50 short stories and non-fiction pieces and started Writers on the Run, an active local writing group.

She lives with her husband in rural Watertown and enjoys visiting her three urban sons and her extended-family.