Jessica Francis Kane

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Jessica Francis Kane
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Kane at the 2025 Texas Book Festival
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Jessica Francis Kane is a writer.

Her first novel The Report was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. [1]

Kane's second novel, Rules for Visiting was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize and was named in Oprah Daily as one of the best books of 2019. [2]

Fonseca (Penguin Press, August 12, 2025) is her latest novel.

Kane has written articles and essays based on social themes from her novels. [3] The articles and essays have appeared in Harper’s Magazine , The New York Times , Slate , Virginia Quarterly Review , ZYZZYVA , and Granta . [4]

References

  1. ↑ Woodroof, Martha (2010-09-18). "Two First Novels, 10 Years In The Making". Montana Public Radio. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  2. ↑ Haber, Leigh; Hart, Michelle; Cain, Hamilton (2019-11-11). "The Best Books of 2019, According to Oprah Magazine". Oprah Daily. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  3. ↑ Kane, Jessica Francis (2019-06-12). "Top 10 houseguests in fiction". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  4. ↑ Brewer, Robert Lee. "Jessica Francis Kane: Follow Your Obsessions". writersdigest.com. Active Interest Media. Retrieved 12 September 2025.


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