Guest Speaker Visit: K.L Going

K.L Going visited Mount Saint Mary College on November 4, 2014.  Kelly was a wonderful speaker and talked about her own life growing up and ho she became an author as well as her picture books and young adult novels.  Below is a little bio of what I learned about Kelly.

Kelly began her career working at one of the oldest literary agencies in New York City. She used this inner knowledge of publishing to write her books.  She rights young adult novels as well as short stories for several anthologies.  Kelly is an award winning author of numerous books for children and teens. Kelly’s first novel, Fat Kids Ruled the World was named a Michael Printz Honor Book by the American Library Association. I learned that many of her books are written in many different languages and sold throughout the world. 

Another thing that I was surprised to find out was that one of her books was put on a ban list.  This I found very interesting.   Kelly explained that some parents thought the content was to mature for children to read.  I can see where the parents are coming from but I still think the book was a great novel.  I loved how the book gave a message of self-acceptance and how we should love ourselves the way we are. 

Kelly lives in Glen Spey, New York, where she both writes and runs a business critiquing manuscripts. She’s also a mom to the world’s cutest little boy.

Here are some of her books: