Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Franklin is a writer of fiction and poetry, and a co-founder of Art for Black Lives — which allows artists to sell prints of their work, with all proceeds providing material support to the Black Trans Community.

In his writing, Franklin often revisits southern landscapes, exploring fissures of identity. Race, class, and the betrayals that can occur in intimate relationships across those lines. A finalist for the New England Review Award for Emerging Writers, he has published short fiction and poetry, and is currently at work on a novel.

Franklin holds a BA in Political Science and Creative Writing from Stanford University and an MFA in Fiction from New York University. He lives in New York.