Lucinda Franks

Lucinda Franks
Franks at the Miami Book Fair International, 2014
Born	Lucinda Laura Franks (1946-07-16)July 16, 1946 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 5, 2021(2021-05-05) (aged 74) Hopewell Junction, New York, U.S.
Education	Vassar College (BA)
Spouse	Robert Morgenthau ​ ​ (m. 1977; died 2019)​
Children	2

Lucinda Laura Franks (July 16, 1946 – May 5, 2021) was an American journalist, novelist, and memoirist. Franks won a Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for her reporting on the life of Diana Oughton, a member of Weather Underground. With that award she became the first woman to win a Pulitzer for National Reporting, and the youngest person ever to win any Pulitzer. She published four books, including two memoirs, and worked as a staff writer at The New York Times (1974 to 1977) and The New Yorker (1992 to 2006).