Author Kelly Bennett
Kelly Goldman Bennett is the author or co-author of 12 books for children—both fiction and non-fiction. Her work also has appeared in national magazines and newspapers.
Kelly’s newest picture book, NOT NORMAN: A Goldfish Story, inspired by her own funny goldfish and published by Candlewick Press, was named the Texas Institute of Letters Friends of the Austin Public Library Award for Best Children’s Book for 2005.
A native of California, Kelly graduated from Huntington Beach High School in 1976. (Yep, she’s been around awhile.) Upon receiving an Associate of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts from Fullerton College, she continued her education at the University of California at Fullerton and California State University at San Jose, where she majored in Communications with a Public Relations emphasis. Kelly is a graduate of the Vermont College Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults program.
Kelly participates in writing workshops and conferences, and is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and the Author’s Guild.
As a child, Kelly wrote her feelings rather than speak them aloud—a practice she believes led her to the writing life she enjoys today. Her greatest inspiration springs from adventures with her children, Max and Alexis, and her husband, Curtis. Kelly divides her time between her home in Jakarta, Indonesia and Houston, Texas.
