Kelsey Maurine Brickl is a historian, writer, and mother based in New York City. Originally from the Chicago area, she has also lived in Indiana, Wisconsin, Texas, and France. That movement between places still shapes the way she thinks about history, language, culture, and belonging. She is drawn to questions of power, belief, memory, and moral responsibility, and writes across criticism, nonfiction, and screenwriting. When she is not writing, she is usually reading, revising, traveling, or being supervised by cats.