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Kelly Simmons

Kelly Simmons

Kelly Simmons is a former journalist, advertising creative director and the author of six novels sold in a dozen countries, most recently Not My Boy. She teaches in the Drexel University MFA program and is a member of Women Fiction Writers of America, Tall Poppy Writers and The Liars Club. Her serial fiction podcast called Open The Window is forthcoming from Hollywood’s Speak dot studio. She was born the same day as Dorothy Parker. Coincidence? She thinks not.

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Kelly Simmons

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Five Books That Will Make You Feel Young Again

Maybe it’s because my youth was a tad, shall we say, “misspent” – but nothing makes me feel young again like reading about young people and their crazy families.  It’s like a do-over, seeing other normal people go through their teens and twenties.  Would I have made the same judgments,…
Kelly Simmons
October 17, 2019
Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: A Meet-Cute Turned Deadly

A thought-provoking, beautifully written portrait of marriage and motherhood is entwined with a propulsive, page-turning psychological mystery in Jessica Strawser’s Almost Missed You (St. Martin's Press). The novel starts with a clever and twisty set up – the romantic back story of how Violet and Finn meet cute, lose track…
Kelly Simmons
July 4, 2019