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Michelle Franklin is an American-Canadian fantasy author. She lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

She is most known for her books series X which features X character and her “creature Don’t Celebrate…” where she covers specific Jewish holidays and their relevant traditions.

Early life

Awards and Honours

Winner of the 2012 RONE award for the work Khantara.

Bibliography

Khantara: Vol 1. First published August 1, 2011 by Red Willow Press.
Tales from Frewyn: The Reporter from Marridon. First published September 1, 2011 by Red Willow Press.
Tales from Frewyn: The Opera. First Published October 1, 2011.
Tales from Frewyn: Short Stories from the Haanta Series Vol. 1. First published May 1, 2011 by Red Willow Press.
Tales From Frewyn: The Opera & The Reporter from Marridon. September 21, 2012 by Paper Crane Books. ISBN: 9780615696645 (ISBN10: 0615696643).
Tales from Frewyn: Volume One. February 25, 2013 by Smashwords Edition. ISBN: 9781301116478.
Tales from Frewyn: Volume 2. November 5, 2013 by Paper Crane Books.
Tales from Frewyn: Volumes 1 and 2. November 16, 2013 by Paper Crane Books. ISBN: 9780615919805 (ISBN10: 0615919804)
Frewyn Fables: The House Guest. First published April 22, 2014 by Paper Crane Books.
The Baracan: A Marridon Novella. September 16, 2016, by The Frewyn Herald.

The Ship's Crew: A Marridon Novella. December 30, 2016, by The Frewyn Herald. ISBN: 9781541376694 (ISBN10: 1541376692).
I Hate Summer: My tribulations with seasonal depression, anxiety, plumbers, spiders, neighbours, and the world. January 29, 2017.
Favour of the Gods: A Frewyn Novel. October 22, 2017.
I Hate Everyone: An introvert’s miserable adventures with mailmen, children, the outdoors, and the human condition. January 29, 2018 by

The Myrellenos: A Marridon Novella. October 4, 2018. 9781541376694 (ISBN10: 1541376692)
A Flower for Rolande: A Marridon Novella. November 11, 2018 by The Frewyn Herald.
The Diamond Child: A Frewyn Fable. October 29, 2019, by The Frewyn Herald.
The Good Book: Charms and Rituals of Frewyn. June 8, 2020 by The Frewyn Herald.

My Time in Quarantine: Gallithumpian annotations and musings on the manqualm. July 10, 2020. Independently Published. ISBN: 9798664807431
Quarantinis on the Balcony. October 15, 2020. Independently Published. ISBN: 9780578784489 (ISBN10: 0578784483)
Werewolves Don’t Celebrate Hanukkah. February, 2023.
Dragons Don’t Celebrate Passover. April, 2023.
Vampires Don’t celebrate Shabot. [date needed]
Trolls Don’t Celebrate Valentine’s Day [2024]
Orcs Don’t Celebrate Thanksgiving [2024]

Collaborations

Creatures from Fairy-Tale and Myth: Stories. Andrew Valkauskas, Ed Greenwood, Michelle Franklin. February 13, 2019 by Pendelhaven. ISBN: 9781988051116 (ISBN10: 1988051118)

Media Mentions

Public Appearances

Montreal ComicCon panelist

Michelle appeared alongside X, and X as part of the YYY panel at the 2023 Montreal Comicon festival on July X

Podcasts

Geektastiq Cylha, guest on episode “X”

Magazines

Booksellers UK , October 2022.

Newspapers

Westmount Independent, article “C”

Websites

Michelle Franklin was featured on the paperblanks website during their featured Artist Series . http://blog.paperblanks.com/2011/09/michelle-franklin/

Michelle maintains a blog on http://thehaanta.blogspot.com/

She has an active YouTube channel on https://youtube.com/@authormichellefranklin?si=izN5EpIB434jUuCs