Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Atlanta Review, Ink In Thirds, Anti-Heroin Chic, Another Chicago Magazine, Palaver, and elsewhere. Her fiction has appeared in Pear Noir! and Weave Magazine.

Kelly works as a copywriter. She specializes in content marketing and has extensive experience in brand strategy, expression, naming, social media, and video scripting.

She holds a B.A. in English (Creative Writing) and a Minor in Classical Piano from the University of Southern California. She’s the recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Grant, the Weave Magazine Flash Fiction Prize, and the William James Undergraduate Essay Prize.

She lives in Chicago with her partner and their blended family of unhinged cats. Monthly(ish) writing updates and musings can be found on her Substack, Slow Blinks.