Rose Franken (December 28, 1895 – June 22, 1988) was an American writer and playwright best known for her Claudia stories, plus the books, films, and plays based on them.

Born Rose Dorothy Lewin^[1] in Gainesville, Texas, Franken was the youngest child of Michael and Hannah Younker Lewin. When Franken was 12, the family moved to New York; there, she attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. After graduation, she planned to attend Barnard College but was wed instead.^[1]

Franken began writing after her second child was born. The editor to whom she sent her early work liked it and asked for more, thus beginning her career as a writer.^[2]

Her books included Of Great Riches (1937), Strange Victory (1939), Claudia: The Story of A Marriage (1939), and When Doctors Disagree (1940). From her novel Claudia and a Redbook magazine serial story, "Claudia and David," Franken developed a play, a radio series (Claudia),^[3] and two films. These works led to a television series,^[4] Claudia (1952).

In 1963, Doubleday published Franken's autobiography, When All Is Said and Done.^[5]

Franken's first play was Another Language (1932), which was the basis for the film Another Language (1933). Her next play was Claudia (1941).^[1]

On September 1, 1913, she married Sigmund Walter Anthony Franken, an oral surgeon who died on December 17, 1932.^[6] They had three children,^[2] including physicist Peter Franken.^{[failed verification]} On April 27, 1937, she married writer William Brown Meloney. He died on May 4, 1971.^[6]

She was one of the artists and writers to visit Melrose Plantation on the Cane River in Louisiana.^{[7][when?][clarification needed]}

Franken died on June 22, 1988, in Tucson, Arizona, at age 92. She was survived by her sons, Paul, John, and Peter; four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.^[1][4]

• Claudia and David (1960) (TV movie)
• Claudia (1960) (TV movie)
• Another Language (1957) (TV movie)
• Mr. Dooley, Jnr. (1953) (TV movie)
• Another Language (1952) (TV movie)
• The Secret Heart (1946)
• Claudia and David (1943)
• Claudia (1943)
• Made for Each Other (1939)
• Beloved Enemy (1936)
• Next Time We Live (1936)
• Dante's Inferno (1935)
• Alias Mary Dow (1935)
• Storm Over the Andes (1935)
• Elinor Norton (1934)
• Another Language (1933)