Canadian Author

Kelly Komm

About Kelly

Kelly Komm (nee Christian) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia but grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. At age nine she met a local author and was smitten with the career. She has been writing ever since. She holds a diploma in Creative Writing and earned it along with a certificate of merit applauding her creative endeavours. In October 2005, she married her soul mate Kyle and the two of them enjoyed a three-week honeymoon in the UK. In December 2006, their first child was born-named Evan Kyle David Komm.

About Books

Her father Harris introduced her to literature at a young age and she learned to love books. As a preteen she discovered a love for fantasy and although she truly enjoys many different genres, fantasy holds a special place in her heart. Some of her favourite books as a child were the Sweet Valley Twins and High series’ and books by Bruce Coville. Not to mention author Lyle Weis, the author whom she met at age nine. Growing up, books that remain distinctive to her were: The Hobbit by Tolkien, Prince Ombra by Roderick MacLeish, and Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack.  As an adult there are too many books to name that are favorites of hers, but Australian writer Juliet Marillier is an author whom Kelly holds in the highest esteem.

About Writing

Kelly began to write with vigour at age nine and her first published piece came out when she was ten.  It was a short story entitled Lea Trip and was published in Magpie Magazine. She wrote numerous stories throughout the years, and had several poems published in school magazines. Her next piece that she exposed wasn’t until high school. It was a short screenplay entitled The Middle Path. In 2004 Kelly published an article in the RASC's 50th anniversary edition of their Edmonton branch’s newsletter, Stardust. Kelly has freelanced as a book reviewer and her comments are found on the cover of Cheryl Kaye Tardif's Divine Intervention. She is also an interviewer  for BookAdz.com.

Her first novel Sacrifice was started in 2002. After four years of finding 5 minutes here, 5 minutes there to work on it, she completed it in 2006. She immediately began work on its sequel, Survival and is still hard at work on it.

There are a number of pieces Kelly has planned for once The Last Forever is completed, such as an historical fiction novel based in Scotland around the eleventh century, a modern day religious fiction novel entitled Elizabeth and another fantasy novel loosely titled, The Eyes that Follow. 

 

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