Frances Altman has created a forty year career in communications by blending public relations, marketing and freelance writing. Now retired, she worked for The Chicago Sun Times. National Hot Dog & Sausage Council, McDonald's, Honeywell and Virginia Commonwealth University where she also taught. She has written several hundred newspaper and magazine articles on food, community business and children's stories for Child Life, Friends, Highlights, Weekly Reader and six books for young readers including "Something Egg" and "Reggie the Goat." She earned a Master's degree from Roosevelt University,