Ken Kelley (September 24, 1949 – January 13, 2008) was an American journalist and publisher, active in the underground press movement.

[1] He attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor on a full scholarship,[1] studying chemistry but dropping out after three semesters.

[5] In the early 1970s, Kelley moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and, along with Craig Pyes, founded SunDance, an underground magazine funded by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

[9] Kelley also interviewed Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, Cheech & Chong, Abbie Hoffman, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury, among others, for Playboy.

[13][14] He started writing a book about the Divine Light Mission entitled Brave New Bliss, but left it unfinished at the time of his death.