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Kelly Rimmer

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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.
Rimmer lives in New South Wales, Australia. She owns a bookshop, Collins Booksellers Orange, which she purchased in 2022.
On LuvemBooks, we've reviewed The Things We Cannot Say.
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Kelly Rimmer is an Australian author of romance and historical fiction, and we've reviewed 1 of their books. In The Things We Cannot Say, Rimmer braids a teenager's love story in Nazi-occupied Poland with a modern mother's search for her grandmother's husband — a dual-timeline structure book bloggers found compelling and moving in both strands. That novel carries a reader rating of 4.7/5 from over 66,000 Amazon ratings.
Where should I start?
Start with The Things We Cannot Say — it's the Kelly Rimmer book we've reviewed, and it's also their most notable work. Book bloggers found both of its timelines compelling and moving, and it holds a reader rating of 4.7/5 from 66,344 Amazon ratings. If you enjoy historical fiction with an emotional, family-centered core, it's a natural entry point.
What's their writing style?
Judging by The Things We Cannot Say, Rimmer favors dual-timeline storytelling — weaving a historical narrative together with a contemporary one so each illuminates the other. Their approach blends research with imagination, which fits their own description of historical fiction requiring both research and daydreaming. Reviewers found the result moving across both timelines, though one blogger pushed back on the intensity of the wartime love story.
Books we've reviewed
We've reviewed 1 Kelly Rimmer book: The Things We Cannot Say, a WWII historical novel that interweaves a teenage love story in Nazi-occupied Poland with a modern mother's search for her grandmother's husband. Book bloggers found both timelines compelling and moving. It holds a reader rating of 4.7/5 from 66,344 Amazon ratings.
What genre do they write?
Kelly Rimmer writes romance fiction and historical fiction, and the book we've reviewed sits at the intersection of the two. The Things We Cannot Say is WWII historical fiction built around a love story in Nazi-occupied Poland, balanced against a contemporary family storyline.
What should I read after The Things We Cannot Say?
Within our coverage, The Things We Cannot Say is the only Kelly Rimmer book we've reviewed, so we can't point you to another Rimmer title from our own reviews yet. If you finished it and want more, look for WWII historical fiction with dual timelines — that structure is what reviewers responded to most strongly here. You can also revisit our full review for details on what bloggers praised and where one dissented.
Who is Kelly Rimmer?

Who is Kelly Rimmer?

Kelly Rimmer is an Australian author who writes both romance fiction and historical fiction. Their best-known work is The Things We Cannot Say, a WWII historical novel. Rimmer has said that writing historical fiction requires both research and daydreaming — a pairing that shows in how they ground emotional stories in real historical settings.

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