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Fran Kimmel

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Born

Canada

Website

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Genre

Fiction

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July 2011

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Fran Kimmel writes novels, short stories, and plays for both theatre and radio. Her third novel, Cattail Lane, was released in April 2025 with ECW Press.

Fran’s second novel, No Good Asking, was shortlisted for the ReLit Award and the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and has been translated for international markets. Her debut novel, The Shore Girl, won the Alberta Readers’ Choice Award, was shortlisted for the Alberta Trade Fiction Award, and was named a Canada Reads Top 40 Book.

Fran has worked all kinds of jobs including youth worker, career counselor, proposal writer, communications coordinator, and as VP for a consulting firm. She now lives in Lacombe, a small town in Alberta, Canada, where she works with emerging writers eager to shar ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 1,876 ratings · 283 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	No Good Asking 3.96 avg rating — 1,345 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shore Girl 3.49 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cattail Lane 3.98 avg rating — 223 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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