Kelly Barnhill

Aug 11, 2024 | hitha.substack.com | Kelly Barnhill |Jennifer Iacopelli |Hitha Palepu |Emily Amick

A quick request - the paperback of We’re Speaking: The Life Lessons of Kamala Harris is now available. If you want to support my work + learn more about Vice President Harris, please consider requesting the book from your local library or purchasing a copy, if budget permits. I’d love to get to 100 reviews on Amazon by the end of the month.

Jul 27, 2024 | sonderbooks.com | Kelly Barnhill

by Kelly Barnhill Review posted July 28, 2024. Doubleday, 2022. 337 pages. Review written July 6, 2024, from an Advance Reader Copy I got at an American Library Association conference. Starred Review Okay, this novel is something else. And I say that in a good way - it's not like anything else I've read. I'm very glad I finally got around to reading it -- I've been meaning to since before it was published in 2022.

Nov 21, 2023 | nytimes.com | Kelly Barnhill

I've been trying to write this essay for a very long time. Months, I think. Or maybe even longer, before I ever mentioned it to anyone, before I let anyone know that I was even capable of multiple sentences again. When all I could muster writing was a single sentence on a note card. My brain works differently now than it used to, and differently than I feel that it ought to.

Nov 21, 2023 | nyti.ms | Kelly Barnhill

Ms. Barnhill is the author of “The Ogress and the Orphans.” She experienced a traumatic brain injury in 2021. I’ve been trying to write this essay for a very long time. Months, I think. Or maybe even longer, before I ever mentioned it to anyone, before I let anyone know that I was even capable of multiple sentences again. When all I could muster writing was a single sentence on a note card. My brain works differently now than it used to, and differently than I feel that it ought to.

Jul 23, 2023 | unitedbypop.com | Kelly Barnhill |Kate Oldfield

Set in a 1950s America where thousands of women have seemingly spontaneously transformed into dragons, Kelly Barnhill’s debut adult novel, When Women Were Dragons, is a unique and captivating exploration of what happens when women and girls take a stand against the society that wants to keep them small. To celebrate its release, we had the pleasure of talking to Kelly all about When Women Were Dragons, writing for an adult audience and more.