Kelly Rimmer

{{Short description|Australian author}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Down the Historical Rabbit Hole: Close-up on: Kelly Rimmer |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/88901-down-the-historical-rabbit-hole-close-up-on-kelly-rimmer.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}

Rimmer lives in New South Wales, Australia.{{Cite web |title=About Kelly |url=https://www.kellyrimmer.com/about |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=kellyrimmer.com |language=en-US}} She owns a bookshop, Collins Booksellers Orange, which she purchased in 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-20 |title=Five questions with ... author Kelly Rimmer |url=https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/8025536/five-questions-with-author-kelly-rimmer/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Central Western Daily |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=Mem: 10083592 |title=Rimmer buys Collins Orange {{!}} Books+Publishing |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/07/11/217178/rimmer-buys-collins-orange/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-07 |title=Turning the page: 'Best buddies' bow out from last bookshop in Orange |url=https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/7810516/turning-the-page-best-buddies-bow-out-from-last-bookshop-in-orange/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Central Western Daily |language=en-AU}}

Reception

The Warsaw Orphan (2021) was a New York Times bestseller,{{Cite news |title=Paperback Trade Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - June 27, 2021 - The New York Times |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2021/06/27/trade-fiction-paperback/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |issn=0362-4331}} as was the audiobook of The Things We Cannot Say (Harlequin Audio, 2020).{{Cite news |title=Audio Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Sept. 6, 2020 - The New York Times |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2020/09/06/audio-fiction/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |language=en}}

Several of Rimmer's books have been Apple Books bestsellers: A Mother's Confession (2017), Before I Let You Go (2018),{{Cite web |title=Apple Books Category Bestsellers, February 17, 2019 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/79332-apple-books-category-bestsellers-february-17-2019.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}} The Things We Cannot Say (2019),{{Cite web |last=Maher {{!}} |first=John |title=Apple Books Bestsellers: Netflix's 'Witcher' Grants Andrzej Sapkowski His 'Wish' |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/82076-apple-books-bestsellers-netflix-s-witcher-grants-andrzej-sapkowski-his-wish.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Apple Books Category Bestsellers, May 23, 2021 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/86486-apple-books-category-bestsellers-may-23-2021.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Apple Books Category Bestsellers, December 29, 2019 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/82090-apple-books-category-bestsellers-december-29-2019.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}} and The German Wife (2022).{{Cite web |title=Apple Books Category Bestsellers, July 3, 2022 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/89781-apple-books-category-bestsellers-july-3-2022.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}

Truths I Never Told You (2020) and The Warsaw Orphan (2021){{Cite web |date=2021-06-12 |title=Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/tradepaper/20210621.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}} were Publishers Weekly bestsellers.{{Cite web |title=Apple Books Category Bestsellers, January 3, 2021 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/85248-apple-books-category-bestsellers-january-3-2021.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}

Truths I Never Told You (2020) received a starred review from Publishers Weekly; it said, "Rimmer’s suspenseful narrative will enthrall and move readers".{{Cite web |date= |title=Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781525804601 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly}}

Selected works

  • Me without You. Bookouture, 2014.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/881862768 |title=Me without you |date=2014 |publisher=Bookouture |isbn=978-1-909490-39-0 |location=Ickenham, United Kingdom |oclc=881862768}}
  • The Secret Daughter. Bookouture, 2015.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/918865449 |title=The secret daughter |date=2015 |isbn=978-1-910751-08-4 |location=Ickenham |oclc=918865449}}{{Cite web |title=Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, December 17, 2017 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/75690-apple-ibooks-category-bestsellers-december-17-2017.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}
  • When I Lost You. Ickenham, 2016.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/953882198 |title=When I lost you |date=2016 |isbn=978-1-910751-90-9 |location=Ickenham |oclc=953882198}}
  • A Mother's Confession. Bookouture, 2016.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/961813598 |title=A Mother's Confession |publisher=Bookouture |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-78681-064-9 |location=[Place of publication not identified] |oclc=961813598}}{{Cite web |title=Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, September 24, 2017 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/74908-apple-ibooks-category-bestsellers-september-24-2017.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}
  • Before I Let You Go. Graydon House, 2018.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1076520154 |title=Before I let you go |date=2018 |isbn=978-0-7336-4144-2 |location=Sydney, NSW |oclc=1076520154}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781525820847 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Rimmer |title=Before I Let You Go |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/before-i-let-you-go |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Library Journal}}
  • The Things We Cannot Say. Hachette Australia, 2019.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1065733083 |title=The things we cannot say |date=2019 |isbn=978-0-7336-3918-0 |location=Sydney, N.S.W. |oclc=1065733083}}{{Cite news |date=2019-03-14 |title=The Things We Cannot See |pages=A14 |work=Arizona Daily Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122657086/the-things-we-cannot-see/ |access-date=2023-04-11}}
  • Truths I Never Told You. Headline Review, 2020.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1144717519 |title=Truths I never told you |date=2020 |publisher=Headline Review |isbn=978-1-4722-4734-6 |location=London |oclc=1144717519}}{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Rimmer |title=Truths I Never Told You |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/truths-i-never-told-you |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Library Journal}}{{Cite news |last=Laing |first=Sarah |date=2020-05-07 |title=Mother's Day reads: 15 books that celebrate every stage of motherhood |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-mothers-day-reads-15-books-that-celebrate-every-stage-of-motherhood/ |access-date=2023-04-10}}{{Cite news |date=2020-04-25 |title='Truths I Never Told You' Doesn't Lie |pages=D2 |work=Port Charlotte Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122657203/truths-i-never-told-you-doesnt-lie/ |access-date=2023-04-11}}
  • The Warsaw Orphan. Graydon House, 2021.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1226480057 |title=The Warsaw orphan |publisher=Hachette Australia |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-7336-4583-9 |location=Sydney, NSW |oclc=1226480057}}{{Cite web |date= |title=The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781525895999 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite web |title=Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/tradepaper/20210628.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Entertainment: The Warsaw Orphan review |url=https://www.thesuburban.com/townnews/literature/entertainment-the-warsaw-orphan-review/article_113c8706-c2e8-11eb-8a61-4307f420cfa6.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=The Suburban Newspaper |date=4 June 2021 |language=en}}
  • The German Wife. Graydon House, 2022.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1302900524 |title=The German wife |date=2022 |isbn=978-1-5258-9990-4 |location=Toronto, Ontario |oclc=1302900524}}{{Cite web |last=Media |first=Newstime |date=2022-04-23 |title=Book talk: The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer |url=https://canberraweekly.com.au/book-talk-the-german-wife-by-kelly-rimmer/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Canberra Weekly |language=en-AU}}
  • The Paris Agent. Harlequin, 2023.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1374490376 |title=Paris Agent. |date=2023 |publisher=Harlequin Enterprises ULC |isbn=978-1-5258-0508-0 |oclc=1374490376}}

= Start up in the City series =

  • Unexpected. HQN Books, 2019.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1101900167 |title=Unexpected |date=2019 |isbn=978-1-335-50495-1 |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |oclc=1101900167}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Unexpected by Kelly Rimmer |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781335504951 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite journal |date=2019-05-01 |title=Unexpected |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kelly-rimmer/unexpected-start-up-in-the-city/ |journal=Kirkus Reviews}}
  • Unspoken. HQN Books, 2019.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1127649459 |title=Unspoken |date=2019 |isbn=978-1-335-50506-4 |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |oclc=1127649459}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Unspoken by Kelly Rimmer |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781335505064 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
  • Undone. HQN Books, 2020.{{Cite book |last=Rimmer |first=Kelly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1141430820 |title=Undone |date=2020 |publisher=HQN Books |isbn=978-1-4880-5584-3 |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |oclc=1141430820}}

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