- When her husband died from lung cancer, Francine channeled her grief into writing. She launched the Sweet Valley High series in 1982, which became a huge best-seller.
- Father was an auctioneer.
- Along with her husband John they wrote a Broadway musical, George M!, with her brother Michael Stewart.
- Graduated from New York University with a degree in journalism.
- Began her career writing for magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Ladies' Home Journal, Modern Screen and True Confessions.
- Francine and her husband John Pascal were hired as writers for the soap opera The Young Marrieds. They left the show after being asked to leave New York for Los Angeles to continue working.
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