Lynn Celia Franklin

Lynn Celia Franklin (August 18, 1946 – July 19, 2021) was a literary agent and memoirist.

Biography

Lynn C. Franklin was born on August 18, 1946, in Chicago to career Army officer Col. Joseph B. Franklin and British antique dealer Theresa (Levy) Franklin. Due to her father's military career, she attended schools across the world and graduated high school in Fairfax, Virginia. In 1968, she graduated from the American University in Washington, D.C., with a degree in French.

After graduation, she worked for Kramer Books and then the publisher Hachette. Her clients included Desmond Tutu and Deepak Chopra, Rafer Johnson, and Jody Williams. She writes how only after reuniting was she able to heal from feelings of the shame and trauma of losing him.

Franklin died on July 19, 2021, of metastatic breast cancer.