Kelly Kerney (born 1979) is an American novelist. Her first novel, Born Again, was published in 2006, and her second novel, Hard Red Spring, was published in 2016.

Career

After having been raised in a Pentecostal Church, Kerney graduated from Bowdoin College in 2002 and later received her MFA from the University of Notre Dame.

Kelly Kerney

Her first novel Born Again follows an evangelical Christian who comes to terms with evolution. The novel received several positive reviews, including ones from Entertainment Weekly, the San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo.

Kelly Kerney

Novels

Born Again (2006) Hard Red Spring (2016)

Kelly Kerney

References

External links

Harcourt Books

Bowdoin Magazine profile

American women novelists

Bowdoin College alumni

University of Notre Dame alumni

Living people

21st-century American novelists

21st-century American women writers

1979 births