About Fran

Fran Annaford is a new writer in the field of lesbian erotic romance The eight-book

collection, The Starnberg Series, was published by Austin Macauley in 2023 and 2024.

She has worked for some years in the entertainment industry, traveling extensively,

putting down roots in several countries before the nomadic life of freelancing in the

arts made her move on. The number of hotels in which she has stayed might be the

envy of people leading a more sedentary life as they dream of candlelit restaurants

and hotel bars boasting an array of exotic cocktails. The reality of packing and

unpacking suitcases, not to mention loading the car with coffee machines and other

kitchen equipment if the stay is longer, belies the romance. But Fran is aware that the

plus side exceeds the negative.

Meeting interesting people and discovering little local restaurants where the

grandmother still cooks, does compensate for hours spent queuing at check-ins and

customs, and lugging suitcases down to the boarding gate which always seems to be

the furthest one on the concourse. Or the trains which are late, and where a reserved

seat is taken, and the occupant refuses to move. Or not being able to park anywhere

near the rented apartment. Or mattresses so hard, the floor is softer. But hotel bars

often do offer exceptionally good cocktails.

At home, Fran enjoys cooking and loves to look after her animals. A little gentle

gardening is sometimes indulged in, but only a little. Being away so much means that

vegetable growing, which has been an interest at more stable moments, is not on the

cards. The pandemic saw some productive tomato plants climbing up a south facing

wall. Their ripe fruit was duly picked and tipped still sun-warmed into summer salads.

Delicious.

Covid changed Fran’s life. Having exhausted any further desire to lie on the couch

snacking on fattening ultra processed foods and watching mindless TV, she escaped

into the world of lesbian literature and wondered if she might be able to write them

herself.

Disregarding the desire to begin a book with the sentence, “Dorothy threw her date

stamp down in despair”, which is as far as she got with an attempt during her student

days, Fran began to bash the keyboard of her laptop, describing a situation with

which she was familiar. She found it hard to stop as she entered the lives of her

fictional characters. And since work has resumed, she manages to carve out some

relatively peaceful hours to continue creating, usually in the early mornings, after the

animals are fed and watered.

She lives and works in Europe.