Kelly Kerney
{{Short description|American novelist}}
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University of Notre Dame (MFA)
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Kelly Kerney (born 1979) is an American novelist. Her first novel, Born Again, was published in 2006,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1531664,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427145639/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1531664,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 27, 2009|title=Born Again|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} and her second novel, Hard Red Spring, was published in 2016.
Career
After having been raised in a Pentecostal Church, Kerney graduated from Bowdoin College in 2002 and later received her MFA from the University of Notre Dame.{{cite web|url=http://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/archives/alumni/kelly_kerney_02_garners_big_attention_for_debut_novel.shtml|title=Kelly Kerney '02 Garners Big Attention for Debut Novel, Alumni Profiles (Bowdoin)|website=www.bowdoin.edu}}
Her first novel Born Again follows an evangelical Christian who comes to terms with evolution. The novel received several positive reviews, including ones from Entertainment Weekly, the San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo.
Novels
- Born Again (2006)
- Hard Red Spring (2016)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012224610/http://www.harcourtbooks.com/bookcatalogs/bookpages/9780156031455.asp Harcourt Books]
- [http://www.bowdoin.edu/bowdoinmagazine/archives/features/003642.shtml Bowdoin Magazine profile]
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Category:American women novelists
Category:Bowdoin College alumni
Category:University of Notre Dame alumni
Category:21st-century American novelists