Frances Bloom received her B.S. in education from Skidmore College. She served as a consultant to the Ossining Public Schools in Ossining, New York. She has also done private tutoring for dyslexic children. In addition to Recipe for Reading, Bloom is also the primary author for Recipe for Spelling, a comprehensive program with 450 varied learning activities designed to sharpen spelling, language arts, and thinking skills. She is the co-author of The Alphabet Series.