Carla Kelly
Award-winning author Carla Kelly is a veteran of the New York and international publishing world. The author of more than thirty novels and novellas for Donald I. Fine Co., Signet, and Harlequin, Carla is the recipient of two Rita Awards (think Oscars for romance writing) from Romance Writers of America and two Spur Awards (think Oscars for western fiction) from Western Writers of America.
Recently, she’s been writing Regency romances (think Pride and Prejudice) set in the Royal Navy’s Channel Fleet during the Napoleonic Wars between England and France. She comes by her love of the ocean from her childhood as a Navy brat.
Carla’s history background makes her no stranger to footnote work, either. During her National Park Service days at the Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Carla edited Friedrich Kurz’s fur trade journal. She recently completed a short history of Fort Buford, where Sitting Bull surrendered in 1881.
Following the “dumb luck” principle that has guided their lives, the Kellys recently moved to Wellington, Utah, from North Dakota and couldn’t be happier in their new location. In her spare time, Carla volunteers at the Railroad and Mining Museum in Helper, Utah. She likes to visit her five children, who live here and there around the United States. Her favorite place in Utah is Manti, located after a drive on the scenic byway through Huntington Canyon.
And why is she so happy these days? Carla is enjoying writing for an LDS audience now, where she feels most at home.
I am a member of a wonderful book club and we love your books. We are reading Borrowed Light and Enduring Light for our July meeting and would love to invite Carla to attend. Please email me back so we can chat.
Thanks so very much.
Cindy Soderstrom
Salt Lake City, Utah
I love the website! I made it a favorite. I checked your blog today because my nephew and his family have now moved to Mt. Pleasant from Huntington and they were here today to pick up my Sister from Salem OR and take her up there. They were full of fire news (Her Dad has now lost two grazing pastures and will be forced to sell his stock or buy hay for them) so I got to wondering how you are faring in all of this. Your blog is always so informative. The mountains around Ogden are tinder dry — so far they’ve had only small fires on the East Bench, but it’s only a matter of time I would guess. It really steams me to see firework stands still. Thanks for all the info. Your Friend, Keitha
Hi Carla,
I just finished reading your new book, “My loving vigil keeping,” and it was so wonderful, that I am now reading it for a second time. Please tell me that there will be a sequel … I so much want to read more about Della and Owen. What a gifted writer you are. The Mr. Otto story in Borrowed Light series is equally heartwarming. Thank you for bringing this era to life in your very funny and memorable characters.
Hi Carla,
It was so great to meet you Monday and I was so impressed with your presentation. You did a fantastic job.
I have some info on “Lacy” and his projects if you want to email me.
Can’t wait to get into another of your books.
I’m so excited that “My Loving Vigil Keeping” might become a movie. That is such an awesome thing. How do you keep from shouting from the roof tops? I have all the confidence on the literary award in May too.
Take care,
Bernice