About Kelly – Kelly Simmerman, Author

KELLY SIMMERMAN

Being a bookworm, Kelly started writing book reviews for local papers while running her independent bookstore in Santa Fe, NM. From there, she published articles and stories on varied subjects in over 100 national magazines, from Better Homes and Gardens to Real Simple to New Mexico Magazine. Articles focus on health, fitness, gardening, equestrian sports, wellness, mindfulness, and mental health. She writes on MEDIUM and has her blog about one of her favorite places, Paso Robles, CA.

In her entrepreneurial life, one of the businesses she founded included an online video child abuse training for those working with children. She researched and wrote the website copy and the video script and utilized much of that material to add to the main character’s complexity and the story in THE JOURNAL EFFECT.

Kelly belongs to the Women’s Fiction Writers Association and the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Association, and actively takes classes and attends retreats and festivals.

Kelly lives with her partner and their two dogs in both Denver, CO and Paso Robles, CA. When she’s not writing and drinking gobs of coffee, you can find her hiking, kayaking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, or out riding horses.