Franke James is an award-winning activist, artist and author of four books. Her most recent book is Freeing Teresa: A True Story about My Sister and Me. She writes about disability rights, climate change, free expression, and ethics. The spark for Freeing Teresa was lit in 2013. Franke and her husband, Billiam James, helped her younger sister get out of a nursing home and then helped Teresa ask for an apology. Earlier that same year, Franke had published Banned on the Hill, which led to her winning the BCCLA Liberty Award for Excellence in the Arts. In 2015, Franke won PEN Canada's Ken Filkow Prize. Franke lives in Vancouver, BC, with her husband and her sister, Teresa.
