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Jessica Francis Kane
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Jessica Francis Kane

Jessica Francis Kane Biography

Jessica Francis Kane is the author of the national bestseller Rules for Visiting, This Close, The Report, and Bending Heaven. This Close was longlisted for The Story Prize, The Report was a finalist for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and Rules for Visiting was longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in many publications, including Harper's Magazine, The New York Times, Slate, Virginia Quarterly Review, McSweeney's, ZYZZYVA, and Granta. She lives in New York City and Connecticut.

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