FranKimmel

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NameFran Kimmel
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LocationLacombe, Alberta
Biography

Fran Kimmel has written extensively for the corporate sector and has developed a portfolio of fiction and drama. Fran currently teaches writing in Red Deer and central Alberta.

Publications

Novels:

No Good Asking, ECW Press, October 2018 (Finalist, George Bugnet Award for Fiction)

The Shore Girl, NeWest Press, September 2012, (Winner of the Alberta Readers' Choice Award 2013: Canada Reads Top 40 Contender)

Plays:

Simon Says, Central Alberta Theatre, 2012

Sleep Enders, Radio Drama, CBC

Short Stories:

Stories appear in numerous literary publications and anthologies including: Freshwater Pearls, The Journey Prize 21 and 23, Room, Grain Magazine, Prairie Fire, The Fiddlehead, Freefall, Filling Station.

Editing Credits:

Find Your Voice at Work – The Power of Storytelling in the Workplace

Want to Work in Oil and Gas?

The Forces Behind Feng Shui

Awards

Finalist, 2019 ReLit Award

Finalist, George Bugnet Award for Fiction

Alberta Readers' Choice Award, 2013

Scripts at Work Competition, 2012

Journey Prize Nominee, 2009 and 2011

Freefall Prose Contest Winner

CBC Literary Award Finalist

AMPA Short Story Contest Winner

CBC Alberta Anthology Competition

Brenda Strathern Writers Prize

Third Annual Write for Radio – CBC/Alberta Culture

Genres
  • General Fiction
  • General Nonfiction
  • Short Stories
Services
  • Workshops - Adult
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