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]
Rimmer lives in New South Wales, Australia.[2] She owns a bookshop, Collins Booksellers Orange, which she purchased in 2022.[3][4][5]
Reception
editThe 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
edit- Me without You. Bookouture, 2014.[16]
- The Secret Daughter. Bookouture, 2015.[17][18]
- When I Lost You. Ickenham, 2016.[19]
- A Mother's Confession. Bookouture, 2016.[20][21]
- Before I Let You Go. Graydon House, 2018.[22][23][8][24]
- The Things We Cannot Say. Hachette Australia, 2019.[25][9][10][11][7][26]
- Truths I Never Told You. Headline Review, 2020.[27][15][14][28][29][30]
- The Warsaw Orphan. Graydon House, 2021.[31][32][33][34]
- The German Wife. Graydon House, 2022.[35][12][36]
- The Paris Agent. Harlequin, 2023.[37]
Start up in the City series
editReferences
edit- ^ "Down the Historical Rabbit Hole: Close-up on: Kelly Rimmer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "About Kelly". kellyrimmer.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Five questions with ... author Kelly Rimmer". Central Western Daily. 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ Mem: 10083592. "Rimmer buys Collins Orange | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2023-04-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Turning the page: 'Best buddies' bow out from last bookshop in Orange". Central Western Daily. 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Audio Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Sept. 6, 2020 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ a b "Apple Books Category Bestsellers, February 17, 2019". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ a b Maher |, John. "Apple Books Bestsellers: Netflix's 'Witcher' Grants Andrzej Sapkowski His 'Wish'". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ a b "Apple Books Category Bestsellers, May 23, 2021". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ a b "Apple Books Category Bestsellers, December 29, 2019". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ a b "Apple Books Category Bestsellers, July 3, 2022". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists". Publishers Weekly. 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ a b "Apple Books Category Bestsellers, January 3, 2021". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ a b "Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ Rimmer, Kelly (2014). Me without you. Ickenham, United Kingdom: Bookouture. ISBN 978-1-909490-39-0. OCLC 881862768.
- ^ Rimmer, Kelly (2015). The secret daughter. Ickenham. ISBN 978-1-910751-08-4. OCLC 918865449.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, December 17, 2017". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ Rimmer, Kelly (2016). When I lost you. Ickenham. ISBN 978-1-910751-90-9. OCLC 953882198.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Rimmer, Kelly (2017). A Mother's Confession. [Place of publication not identified]: Bookouture. ISBN 978-1-78681-064-9. OCLC 961813598.
- ^ "Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, September 24, 2017". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ Kelly, Rimmer. "Before I Let You Go". Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ 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) - ^ "The Things We Cannot See". Arizona Daily Sun. 2019-03-14. pp. A14. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ^ Rimmer, Kelly (2020). Truths I never told you. London: Headline Review. ISBN 978-1-4722-4734-6. OCLC 1144717519.
- ^ Kelly, Rimmer. "Truths I Never Told You". Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "'Truths I Never Told You' Doesn't Lie". Port Charlotte Sun. 2020-04-25. pp. D2. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ^ Rimmer, Kelly (2021). The Warsaw orphan. Sydney, NSW: Hachette Australia. ISBN 978-0-7336-4583-9. OCLC 1226480057.
- ^ "The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Entertainment: The Warsaw Orphan review". The Suburban Newspaper. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ Rimmer, Kelly (2022). The German wife. Toronto, Ontario. ISBN 978-1-5258-9990-4. OCLC 1302900524.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Media, Newstime (2022-04-23). "Book talk: The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer". Canberra Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ Rimmer, Kelly (2023). Paris Agent. Harlequin Enterprises ULC. ISBN 978-1-5258-0508-0. OCLC 1374490376.
- ^ Rimmer, Kelly (2019). Unexpected. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 978-1-335-50495-1. OCLC 1101900167.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Unexpected by Kelly Rimmer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Unexpected". Kirkus Reviews. 2019-05-01.
- ^ Rimmer, Kelly (2019). Unspoken. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 978-1-335-50506-4. OCLC 1127649459.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Unspoken by Kelly Rimmer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ Rimmer, Kelly (2020). Undone. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: HQN Books. ISBN 978-1-4880-5584-3. OCLC 1141430820.