Kelly Rimmer

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Kelly Rimmer is an Australian author of romance fiction and historical fiction. She has stated that a historical fiction author needs research and daydreaming. She plots her books before she begins to write them. [1]

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Rimmer lives in New South Wales, Australia. [2] She owns a bookshop, Collins Booksellers Orange, which she purchased in 2022. [3] [4] [5]

Reception

The Warsaw Orphan (2021) was a New York Times bestseller, [6] as was the audiobook of The Things We Cannot Say (Harlequin Audio, 2020). [7]

Several of Rimmer's books have been Apple Books bestsellers: A Mother's Confession (2017), Before I Let You Go (2018), [8] The Things We Cannot Say (2019), [9] [10] [11] and The German Wife (2022). [12]

Truths I Never Told You (2020) and The Warsaw Orphan (2021) [13] were Publishers Weekly bestsellers. [14]

Truths I Never Told You (2020) received a starred review from Publishers Weekly; it said, "Rimmer’s suspenseful narrative will enthrall and move readers". [15]

Selected works

Start up in the City series

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References

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  2. "About Kelly". kellyrimmer.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  3. "Five questions with ... author Kelly Rimmer" . Central Western Daily. 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  4. Mem: 10083592. "Rimmer buys Collins Orange | Books+Publishing" . Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  5. "Turning the page: 'Best buddies' bow out from last bookshop in Orange" . Central Western Daily. 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  6. "Paperback Trade Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - June 27, 2021 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  7. 1 2 "Audio Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Sept. 6, 2020 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
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  9. 1 2 Maher |, John. "Apple Books Bestsellers: Netflix's 'Witcher' Grants Andrzej Sapkowski His 'Wish'". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
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  12. 1 2 "Apple Books Category Bestsellers, July 3, 2022". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  13. "Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists". Publishers Weekly. 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  14. 1 2 "Apple Books Category Bestsellers, January 3, 2021". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  15. 1 2 "Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  16. Rimmer, Kelly (2014). Me without you. Ickenham, United Kingdom: Bookouture. ISBN   978-1-909490-39-0. OCLC   881862768.
  17. Rimmer, Kelly (2015). The secret daughter. Ickenham. ISBN   978-1-910751-08-4. OCLC   918865449.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  18. "Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, December 17, 2017". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  19. Rimmer, Kelly (2016). When I lost you. Ickenham. ISBN   978-1-910751-90-9. OCLC   953882198.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  20. Rimmer, Kelly (2017). A Mother's Confession. [Place of publication not identified]: Bookouture. ISBN   978-1-78681-064-9. OCLC   961813598.
  21. "Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, September 24, 2017". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  22. Rimmer, Kelly (2018). Before I let you go. Sydney, NSW. ISBN   978-0-7336-4144-2. OCLC   1076520154.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  23. "Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  24. Kelly, Rimmer. "Before I Let You Go". Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  25. Rimmer, Kelly (2019). The things we cannot say. Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN   978-0-7336-3918-0. OCLC   1065733083.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  26. "The Things We Cannot See". Arizona Daily Sun. 2019-03-14. pp. A14. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  27. Rimmer, Kelly (2020). Truths I never told you. London: Headline Review. ISBN   978-1-4722-4734-6. OCLC   1144717519.
  28. Kelly, Rimmer. "Truths I Never Told You" . Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  29. Laing, Sarah (2020-05-07). "Mother's Day reads: 15 books that celebrate every stage of motherhood". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  30. "'Truths I Never Told You' Doesn't Lie". Port Charlotte Sun. 2020-04-25. pp. D2. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  31. Rimmer, Kelly (2021). The Warsaw orphan. Sydney, NSW: Hachette Australia. ISBN   978-0-7336-4583-9. OCLC   1226480057.
  32. "The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
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  34. "Entertainment: The Warsaw Orphan review". The Suburban Newspaper. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  35. Rimmer, Kelly (2022). The German wife. Toronto, Ontario. ISBN   978-1-5258-9990-4. OCLC   1302900524.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  36. Media, Newstime (2022-04-23). "Book talk: The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer". Canberra Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  37. Rimmer, Kelly (2023). Paris Agent. Harlequin Enterprises ULC. ISBN   978-1-5258-0508-0. OCLC   1374490376.
  38. Rimmer, Kelly (2019). Unexpected. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ISBN   978-1-335-50495-1. OCLC   1101900167.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  39. "Unexpected by Kelly Rimmer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  40. "Unexpected". Kirkus Reviews. 2019-05-01.
  41. Rimmer, Kelly (2019). Unspoken. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ISBN   978-1-335-50506-4. OCLC   1127649459.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  42. "Unspoken by Kelly Rimmer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  43. Rimmer, Kelly (2020). Undone. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: HQN Books. ISBN   978-1-4880-5584-3. OCLC   1141430820.