Background
Kelly was born in New Zealand and moved with her family to Canada when she was young, then to Texas.
Kelly was born in New Zealand and moved with her family to Canada when she was young, then to Texas.
She earned degrees in law and medicine and continues to practice medicine in Austin, Texas. Kelly's first published story appeared in the Mississippi Review in 2001. In 2009 her first novel, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, was published.
A follow-up, The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate, has recently been published and is out. Kelly has also written a sequel to The Wind in the Willows called Return to the Willows, published in October 2012.