Writer-in-Residence Spring 2006
Nicole Mary Kelby
N. M. Kelby, author of Whale Season (Random House/Shaye Areheart imprint/Jan. 2006), In the Company of Angels (Theia/Hyperion, 2001), and Theater of the Stars (Theia/Hyperion, 2003), spent more than 20 years as a print and television journalist before she began writing novels. Named "Outstanding Southern Artist" by The Southern Arts Federation, her work has been translated into several languages and she has twice been a Pirate's Alley Faulkner Award finalist for fiction. Her short stories have appeared in many publications including Atlantic Monthly Unbound, Zoetrope All-Story Extra, One Story, Minnesota Monthly, and The Mississippi Review. Her story Jubilation, Florida was recently selected for National Public Radio's "Selected Shorts" program.
Nicole is the recipient of numerous fellowships including a Bush Artist Fellowship in Literature, the Heekin Group Foundation's James Fellowship for the Novel, both a Florida and Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship in fiction, two Jerome Travel Study Grants, and a Jewish Arts Endowment Fellowship. She has also received a NEA Inter Arts grant for her work for the stage.
She has performed on-stage in several productions and was featured in the stand-up comedy revue, What's so Funny About Being Female? at the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She grew up in Florida, and currently lives in Sarasota.