Kelly Kerney | |
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Born | 1979 (age 44–45) |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Education | Bowdoin College University of Notre Dame (MFA) |
Kelly Kerney (born 1979) is an American novelist. Her first novel, Born Again, was published in 2006, [1] and her second novel, Hard Red Spring, was published in 2016.
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. [2]
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. [2]
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