late 2020, Francis filed a pay discrimination action against Fox. Francis claimed that Fox News underpaid her compared to her male colleagues, and she initiated legal claims against Fox. Fox and Francis reached a settlement in June 2022 whereby Fox paid Francis $15 million. Writer Francis authored a book in November 2012, Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter: A Memoir, concerning the trials, tribulations and joys of having an overbearing mother; and in April 2017, published Lessons from the Prairie, relating childhood experiences from the show as applied to her adult life. Filmography Film Television References External links Fox Business bio Melissa Francis: Lessons From The Prairie 1972 births Living people American child actresses American television actresses Actresses from Los Angeles Harvard College alumni American women journalists CNBC people 20th-century American actresses Fox News people Fox Business people