Kelly D Roberts

Gramma Kelly lives in SE Washington state in Richland. She is "Gram Cracker" to her grandson and can be found at the park making new little friends, with her Shorkie, Freyja, reading, listening to music or watching her grandson play hockey. She homeschooled her children then finished her degree in Early Childhood Education. She worked at the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program before retiring and pursuing a career in children's literature. She graduated from the Institute of Children's Literature in 2019 and and won the SCBWI Inland Northwest Inclusivity Scholarship that fall. Since then, she has participated in the 12X 12 Picture Book Challenge, won a Representation Matters scholarship to Courage to Create and is a member of both SCBWI and the Author's Guild. She is a lifetime reader with an eclectic taste in music and books. Gramma Kelly adores ALL things Christmas. She believes every child deserves to be loved and accepted for who they are as they are, and writes stories for that child who lives inside all of us yearning to be included. Her debut picture book, from Global Bookshelves International, SHAKY QUAKY JAKE, comes out in March 2024. She is presently working on her first middle-grade book that has a protagonist with bipolar disorder in addition to other picture books.