Brought up in Florida, Kelby has worked as a reporter, editor and educator.
She is the author of Murder at the Bad Girl’s Bar and Grill, Whale Season,[1] In the Company of Angels,[2] and Theater of the Stars.
One was recorded by actress Joanne Woodward for the NPR CD Travel Tales, and included in New Stories from the South: Best of 2006.
[citation needed] Kelby took part in a month-long cultural exchange at Tyrone Guthrie Centre in County Monaghan, Ireland and will be the Artist-in-Residence at the Santa Fe Art Institute in May 2008.
[citation needed] Kelby is working on the movie version of Whale Season along with actor/singer/songwriter Dwight Yoakam.