Novels

Spin Cycle (110,000 words)
Literary / Upmarket / Women’s Fiction

The Hairdressers’ Daughters (WIP)
Literary / Upmarket / Women’s Fiction

The Brown Baggers (100,000 words)
Middle Grade / Low Fantasy

MoJo (V1 available)
Psychological Suspense / Thriller
Male Protagonist

The Nanny Network (V1 available)
Psychological Suspense / Thriller

Proximity (V1 available)
Psychological Suspense / Thriller

The Pig Farmer (In embryo)
Historical Fiction 

Intensives &
Juried Programs

StoryBoard Conference Cohort
Instructors: Morgan Talty and Juan Martinez

Intensive Coaching Cohort, StoryStudio Chicago
Instructor: Julia Fine

Novel in a Year Program, StoryStudio Chicago
Instructor: Lindsay Hunter

PubCrawl: Learn, Pitch, Publish (’25)

StoryBoard Festival (’24)

Ragdale Writers’ Retreat (’22)

Chicago Writers’ Conference and Pitchfest (’15)

Short Story Collections

Townie (WIP)
Featuring The Rope

Good Enough
Including Sweet Adeline’s, Karaoke Night at the Corner Tap, Tony and Maria, and Good Enough

Road to Colorado (Based on an oral history)

Burning Bridges (Of myth and memory)

Poetry Collections

Home Repairs
Including Komodo, The Orchard, Wood to Soil, Service Call, and Oh Puberty!

Selected Essays

“It’s a Fine, Fine Day”

“The Team, The Team, The Team”

“What Does She Do All Day?”

“Putting My House in Order”

“#Goals”

Blog

kellykerwinwrites.com
Established July 2015

Education

B.A. in English
University of Illinois at Chicago

Red Shoes Review
Student Publication Contributor