Reader. Writer. Literary Agent.

Seeking the treasure within every story.

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Meet Kelly

The best children’s books invite us on adventure while offering something more: treasure in the form of wonder, courage, empathy, and hope. Kelly has built her career searching for those gems in the books she reads, the stories she champions, and the ones she writes herself. If you are a reader, writer, librarian, and lover of Story, Welcome! You're invited to join her on this voyage!

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“A good children’s book must hold the reader’s interest. It must be first and foremost a good story that will make the reader keep wanting to go on turning the pages. But underneath that good story is buried treasure.” -Madeleine L’Engle

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