Fran Fabriczki was born in Budapest and lived in Los Angeles for many years as a child. She moved to the United Kingdom to study English at the University of Cambridge. Porcupines is her first novel.

"Delightfully droll....The charm here is in Fabriczki's character work....This sharp-witted immigrant story is full of surprises." --Publishers Weekly

"A dazzling mother-daughter story, Porcupines shows us the softness that lies beneath the spikes as an eccentric single mother tries to hide her past from her increasingly curious daughter. A witty and tender debut." --Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street

"Fran Fabriczki's spectacular debut novel Porcupines is destined to become an instant classic. Hollywood! Budapest! The Berlin Wall! A goulash made of diamonds, pearls and gold!" --Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The View From Lake Como

"Funny, ascerbic, and wonderfully playful, Porcupines is a brilliant, cross-generational portrait of an immigrant family constantly assailed by whether they are American enough, Hungarian enough or Jewish enough. It's completely delicious: a novel to sink into." --Naomi Wood, author of Mrs. Hemingway

"A haunting, funny and compulsively readable novel about the intricacies of family, loss and trust." --Chloe Caldwell, author of Women

"If Gilmore Girls had sharper edges and came with a Los Angeles sunburn, you'd have this riveting novel, a love letter to kids who are done keeping their parents' secrets." --Courtney Maum, author of I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You

"Heralds the arrival of an ambitious writer...a funny, amusing, clever story of migration."--Vogue

Publisher: S&s/Summit Books

Pub date: 2026-04-14

Length: 320 pages