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Kim Edwards

3 Series • 6 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2005)
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Publication Order of Collections
Start with: The Secrets of a Fire King (1997)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: Ploughshares Fall 1990 (1990)

ⓘ About Kim Edwards

Kim Edwards is a bestselling literary fiction author that spent her childhood in Skaneateles, New York. It was a small town in upstate New York smack in the middle of the Finger Lakes region. Kim was born the last of four siblings and attended the Univerity of Iowa and Colgate University from where she got her MA in Linguistics and an MFA in fiction. Following her graduation from university, she got married and the new couple headed to Asia. It was during her time in Asia that Kim Edwards got interested in short fiction. In 1990, she won the Nelson Algren Award for her short fiction work “Sky Juice.” Her essays and short stories have since been featured in a wide range of periodicals including the likes of “The Paris Review,” “Ploughshares,” “Story,” “Anteaus,” and “Zoetrope.

All Book Series by Kim Edwards

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The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2005

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2005
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The Lake of Dreams

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2010

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2010
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The Secrets of a Fire King book cover

The Secrets of a Fire King

Single-title series · published 1997

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1997
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Ploughshares Fall 1990 book cover

Ploughshares Fall 1990

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1990

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1990
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12 Short Stories and Their Making

Book 2 of 3 · published 2005

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2005
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Dedicated to the People of Darfur

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2009

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2009

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Kim Edwards?

Kim Edwards is a bestselling literary fiction author that spent her childhood in Skaneateles, New York. It was a small town in upstate New York smack in the middle of the Finger Lakes region. Kim was born the last of four siblings and attended the Univerity of Iowa and Colgate University from where she got her MA in Linguistics and an MFA in fiction.

Which Kim Edwards series should I start with?

Kim Edwards's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2005).

How many books has Kim Edwards written?

Kim Edwards has 6 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1990 and 2010. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Anthologies, Standalone Novels and Collections.

In what order should Kim Edwards's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 6 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Kim Edwards's books organised into series?

This guide splits Kim Edwards's 6 books into categories rather than numbered series: Anthologies (3 books); Standalone Novels (2 books); Collections (1 book).