MEDIA
AWARDS
**SARTON AWARD**
finalist in contemporary fiction
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**ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD
finalist
**INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS**
finalist in literary fiction
finalist in general fiction
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**NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS**
finalist in contemporary novel
finalist in women's fiction
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**FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARDS**
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**SOMERSET CHANTICLEER INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD**
finalist for literary and contemporary fiction
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​AND OTHER NEWS:
Authority Magazine
Fran Hawthorne: Second Chapters; How I Reinvented Myself in the Second Chapter of My Life
(TIDBIT: What quote from Edith Wharton inspires me?)
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Dear Reader
​(TIDBIT: I won't pretend that undergoing chemo for breast cancer made me a better, more sensitive person)
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​The Enlightenment podcast with Lauri Schoenfeld
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New Books Network podcast with G.P. Gottlieb
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DIY MFA
“Five Ways to Set the Scene Quickly and Subtly”
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WOW! Women on Writing
The Muffin's Friday Speak Out: Never Say "She Saw"​​
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Write or Die Tribe
"How I Research my Novels...By Running"
(TIDBIT: Exploring Brooklyn NY for crucial scenes in I Meant to Tell You )
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New Books in Literature podcast
Hasty Book List
​Books Coming Out in November
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Women Writers, Women's Books
How a Luddite Learned To Love Instagram
(TIDBIT: Will I dare try Facebook next?)
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Chick Lit Central
Connecting with Fran Hawthorne
(TIDBIT: ​Jennifer Lawrence as Miranda in the movie version? But what role would Olivia Colman play? or Channing Tatum?)
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Turning Readers into Writers podcast with Emma Dhesi
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​​​Literary Prospects podcast with Kelley Vick
Shepherd.com
"The best novels about ordinary (sometimes conflicted) people drawn into social activism"
(TIDBIT: What do Jennifer Haigh, Nathan Hill, and Ruth Ozeki have in common?)
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Story Circle Network
“Can a Journalist Really Write Fiction?”
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The Writer's Story podcast with Meredith Cole and Kristin Swenson
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​Focused on Writing podcast with David Edward
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Novel Network
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Online for Authors podcast with Teri M. Brown​
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Neon Woman podcast with Chloe Ings
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Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb​
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Hasty Book List
“25 Authors and What They’re Thankful For”
(scroll down to the 4th little profile)
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#badasswriters podcast with Kathleen Foxx
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DIY MFA podcast with Gabriela Pereira
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Women Writers, Women's Books
Authors Interviewing Characters: Fran Hawthorne
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Authors Over 50 podcast with Julia Daily
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Lisa Haselton Book Reviews & Interviews
Interview with contemporary fiction author Fran Hawthorne
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Story Circle Network
"I'm Listening"
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​Law You Should Know WHPC Radio 90.3 FM with Ken Landau
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Stirred by Words podcast with Chrissy Holm
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Online for Authors podcast with Teri M. Brown
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​​WOW! Women on Writing.
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PRAISE
​"...complex, evocative and nuanced....the richly-drawn characters in I Meant To Tell You are both wholly human and wholly believable; humor and pathos seamlessly intertwine in this resonant and revealing narrative" — The Indypendent newspaper, September 25, 2022
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“Fran Hawthorne delivers a nuanced exploration of the connections among women – and how they can unravel when lies of omission are revealed… I Meant to Tell You kept me turning the pages late into the night.” —Jennifer Coburn, USA Today best-selling author of Cradles of the Reich
“Fran Hawthorne has written a wise, kind, and above all compassionate novel about the secrets we keep and the judgments we make.” —Yona Zeldis McDonough, Fiction Editor of Lilith
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"The writing is lovely, with strong analogies and memorable voices... (The novel) pushes the reader to question which type of secrets are valid to keep and why."--Story Circle Network, January 25, 2023
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"The story remains upbeat and it is a fairly quick read, but provides food for thought. It would be a terrific book club pick." —The Rose City Reader, November 30, 2022
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“I Meant to Tell You opens with a white lie, a small dishonesty. But it widens to reveal that the people we think we know may all be hiding behind convenient mistruths. In that way it is a compelling portrait of our times, stuffed with richly drawn characters and alive with sharp and glimmering prose. A literary page-turner.” —Brian Castleberry, author of Nine Shiny Objects (long-listed for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction)
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The novel's "many twists and turns ... managed to be surprising and moving, leaving readers caring more about the characters than they might expect." -- The Reporter (the newspaper of the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton, NY), May 4, 2023
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“An absorbing, beautifully told story about how tenaciously we hang onto family myths --and how, once one secret is revealed, other truths come into the light.” —Janice Steinberg, author of The Tin Horse (winner, San Diego Book Award)
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