Frank Wilson

Francis R. Wilson (born 1941) is an American columnist, poet and retired American book review editor to The Philadelphia Inquirer, a position in which he served for 28 years, before leaving in 2008. While working at the Inquirer, Wilson published a weekly "Editor's Choice" each Sunday in the books section.

He authors a blog at Books, Inq., where he publishes his poetry, book reviews, and other writings. In 2009, Wilson's blog was selected as one of the Sunday Times''' Top 100 Blogs. In 2019, Cynthia Haven's Blog for the written word, a blog site for Stanford University, tagged Wilson on the first day of Advent, saying "is there any other poem to commemorate the day? I had to look no further than...the blog of Frank Wilson," adding one of his poems .

Wilson started writing book reviews for the Inquirer and The New York Times in 1976; he was officially hired at the Inquirer in 1980 as an editorial assistant.

Finally, Wilson made the decision to retire from the Inquirer,'' after having spent 28-years with the news organization, citing disagreements with leadership, and not wanting to "go along to get along" anymore. He was editor for the book section from 2000 until leaving in 2008.