Kelly  Van Nelson

Kelly Van Nelson was born in the UK and lived in London, Edinburgh, and Cape Town, before immigrating to Australia with her family. Her publication successes include poems, short stories, magazine articles, and reaching number one in the Youwriteon.com online charts. Her first novel, The Pinstripe Prisoner, was long-listed for the 2016 Exeter Novel Award and won third prize in the 2017 Yeovil Literary Prize. Kelly is working on her second novel.