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Kelly Rimmer

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in Sydney, Australia

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Historical Fiction, Fiction

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Kelly Rimmer is the author of historical and contemporary fiction, including The Warsaw Orphan, The Things We Cannot Say and The Secret Daughter, with 3 million books sold. Her books have been translated into dozens of languages and have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.

Since 2022, Kelly has owned and operated Collins Booksellers Orange, the last remaining bookstore in the small regional city she calls home. Her next novel, The Midnight Estate, will be released in Australia, New Zealand and the UK in July 2025.

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Average rating: 4.39 · 543,432 ratings · 46,137 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Things We Cannot Say 4.54 avg rating — 293,333 ratings — published 2019 — 57 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 Warsaw Orphan 4.36 avg rating — 54,640 ratings — published 2021	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 German Wife 4.37 avg rating — 54,073 ratings — published 2022 — 34 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
	Before I Let You Go 4.16 avg rating — 39,637 ratings — published 2018 — 22 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
	Truths I Never Told You 4.05 avg rating — 30,390 ratings — published 2020 — 2 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 Paris Agent 4.12 avg rating — 21,118 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	The Secret Daughter 4.03 avg rating — 14,757 ratings — published 2015 — 20 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
	Me Without You 4.03 avg rating — 14,333 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
	A Mother's Confession 4.37 avg rating — 9,910 ratings — published 2016 — 17 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
	When I Lost You 3.98 avg rating — 4,798 ratings — 13 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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“It costs our ancestors too damned much for us to have this life - the best thing we can do to honor them is to live it to its fullest.”
― Kelly Rimmer, The Things We Cannot Say

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“Life has a way of shattering our expectations, of leaving our hopes in pieces without explanation. But when there's love in a family, the fragments left behind from our shattered dreams can always be pulled together again, even if the end result is a mosaic.”
― Kelly Rimmer, The Things We Cannot Say

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“I'd love to promise a lifetime to you. I just don't have one to give.”
― Kelly Rimmer, Me Without You

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April Side Read Nominations ~1st Poll
Top 5 Books Move Onto Final Poll

The Survivors

by Jane Harper

7 votes, 17.9%

American Dirt

by Jeanine Cummins

5 votes, 12.8%

Kindred

by Octavia E. Butler

4 votes, 10.3%

The Things We Cannot Say

by Kelly Rimmer

4 votes, 10.3%

The Death of Vivek Oji

by Akwaeke Emezi

4 votes, 10.3%

Her Last Flight

by Beatriz Williams

3 votes, 7.7%

The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life

by Alex Trebek

3 votes, 7.7%

Little Cruelties

by Liz Nugent

3 votes, 7.7%

My Brilliant Friend

by Elena Ferrante

2 votes, 5.1%

Against the Loveless World

by Susan Abulhawa

2 votes, 5.1%

It Only Happens in the Movies

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Cross Her Heart

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1 vote, 2.6%

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