MEDIA
AWARDS
**ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD**
finalist
**SARTON AWARD**
finalist in contemporary fiction
**INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS**
finalist in literary fiction
finalist in general fiction
**NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS**
finalist in contemporary novel
finalist in women's fiction
**FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARDS**
**SOMERSET CHANTICLEER INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD**
finalist for literary and contemporary fiction
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?)
Dear Reader
(TIDBIT: I won't pretend that undergoing chemo for breast cancer made me a better, more sensitive person)
The Enlightenment podcast with Lauri Schoenfeld
New Books Network podcast with G.P. Gottlieb
DIY MFA
“Five Ways to Set the Scene Quickly and Subtly”
WOW! Women on Writing
The Muffin's Friday Speak Out: Never Say "She Saw"
Write or Die Tribe
"How I Research my Novels...By Running"
(TIDBIT: Exploring Brooklyn NY for crucial scenes in I Meant to Tell You )
New Books in Literature podcast
Hasty Book List
Books Coming Out in November
Women Writers, Women's Books
How a Luddite Learned To Love Instagram
(TIDBIT: Will I dare try Facebook next?)
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?)
Turning Readers into Writers podcast with Emma Dhesi
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?)
Story Circle Network
“Can a Journalist Really Write Fiction?”
The Writer's Story podcast with Meredith Cole and Kristin Swenson
Focused on Writing podcast with David Edward
Novel Network
Online for Authors podcast with Teri M. Brown
Neon Woman podcast with Chloe Ings
Hasty Book List
“25 Authors and What They’re Thankful For”
(scroll down to the 4th little profile)
#badasswriters podcast with Kathleen Foxx
DIY MFA podcast with Gabriela Pereira
Women Writers, Women's Books
Authors Interviewing Characters: Fran Hawthorne
Authors Over 50 podcast with Julia Daily
Lisa Haselton Book Reviews & Interviews
Interview with contemporary fiction author Fran Hawthorne
Story Circle Network
"I'm Listening"
Law You Should Know WHPC Radio 90.3 FM with Ken Landau
Stirred by Words podcast with Chrissy Holm
Online for Authors podcast with Teri M. Brown
WOW! Women on Writing.
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
“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
"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
"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
“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)
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
“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)