About Me

Francesca is a novel writer / screenwriter born in Taipei, raised in Vancouver, San Francisco, Hong Kong. After spending 12 years in London, she relocated and currently resides in New York.

Prior to becoming a writer, Francesca spent ten years in the financial industry and began with novel writing before delving into screenwriting. Fluent in Chinese and English, Francesca enjoys writing stories that explore the duality of identity, language, diaspora, and the immigrant experience.

Her debut feature screenplay, The Greater Good, is a Chinese language crime thriller for the 2020 promotional film for the Taiwan Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau with a limited run in cinemas in Taiwan. She is recently a staff writer for Amazon Prime’s YOUNG SHERLOCK, directed by Guy Ritchie.

She is a Screenwriting MA graduate of the National Film & TV School (NFTS)

Represented by

Logan Harper at Jane Rotrosen Agency

Doorie Lee at 42mp

Sally (Xiaocao) Liu at sallyliu.grass@gmail.com

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