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N. M. Kelby

author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nmkelby

place of birth

Toledo, United States

website

http://www.nmkelby.com

genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Cooking, Food & Wine

influences

Derek Walcott & Carl Hiaasen (mentors)

about this author

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N.M.Kelby is the author of Murder at the Bad Girl’s Bar and Grill (forthcoming June 2008 from Shaye Areheart/ Random House), Whale Season (Shaye Areheart/ Random House), In the Company of Angels (Theia/Hyperion), and Theater of the Stars (Theia/Hyperion). Named “Outstanding Southern Artist” by The Southern Arts Federation, her work has been translated into several languages and offered by The Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, and Quality Paperback Book Club.

Her short stories have appeared in many publications including One Story, Minnesota Monthly, Verb, and The Mississippi Review. Her story “Jubilation, Florida” was selected for National Public Radio’s “Selected Shorts,” and later recorded by actress Joanne Woodward ...more

upcoming events

event: Reading and Signing
date: May 17, 2008 07:00PM
location: Collected Works Bookstore, 208B W San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM, United States
description: An advance reading of MURDER AT THE BAD GIRL'S BAR AND GRILL (Shaye Areheart Books) and party.

event: Artist in Residence
date: May 30, 2008 12:00AM
location: Santa Fe Art Institute, 1600 St. Michaels Drive, Santa Fe, NM, United States
description: I will be in residence all of May with a publication launch of MURDER AT THE BAD GIRL'S BAR AND GRILL at the end of the month.

event: Reading and Signing
date: June 03, 2008 01:00PM
location: Borders Books, 3800 Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, United States
description: Reading and signing of MURDER AT THE BAD GIRL'S BAR AND GRILL (Shaye Areheart/Random House)

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books by N. M. Kelby

combine editions
avg rating: 3.91 | 95 ratings | 4 distinct works

	Whale Season: A Novel (Paperback) by N. M. Kelby (goodreads author!) avg rating 3.78 — 49 ratings — published 2006 2 editions	my rating:
	Theater of the Stars: A Novel of Physics and Memory (Hardcover) by N. M. Kelby (goodreads author!) avg rating 4.28 — 18 ratings — published 2003	my rating:
	In the Company of Angels: A Novel (Paperback) by N. M. Kelby (goodreads author!) avg rating 4.00 — 11 ratings — published 2002 3 editions	my rating:
	Murder at the Bad Girl's Bar and Grill: A Novel (Hardcover) by N. M. Kelby (goodreads author!) avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published 2008	my rating:

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N.M.'s writing

The Faithful (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated 12/17/2007 12:24PM

description: A Christmas Story...more or less

WHALE SEASON (Mystery & Thrillers)

1 chapters — updated 12/01/2007 07:17AM

description: “Whale Season is purely delightful—rich, clever, and crawling with affectionately twisted characters. Nicole Kelby is a natural-born storyteller who manages to be very funny and very wise at the same time.” —Carl Hiaasen “Kelby has created a crazy-quilt of unforgettable characters. You won’t find whales in Whale Harbor but you will find ancient bluesmen, alligators in Minnie Pearl hats, sexy strip club owners with dreams of franchising, floundering RV salesmen, and the wackiest serial killer in modern fiction. Strap yourself in, it’s one helluva ride.” —J. A. Konrath, author of Bloody Mary

Jubilation, FL (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated 11/20/2007 06:35AM

description: A Middle-aged love story, “Jubilation, Florida” was selected for National Public Radio’s “Selected Shorts,” and later recorded by actress Joanne Woodward for the NPR CD Travel Tales, and included in New Stories from the South: Best of 2006 (Algonquin Books).

N.M. is currently reading

	12/17 N.M. gave to: MiMo: Miami Modern Revealed (Hardcover) by Eric P. Nash bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	read in December, 2007 N.M. said: "This book brings up an interesting question...what do you want from a reference book? MIMO really tries to be well-written...arty even...but that's distracting in a book like this. I need the information for my new book, so I'd like more meat ...more " add a comment

N.M.'s recent updates (rss)

May 02

N.M. read and liked Laura Hogan's review of Murder at the Bad Girl's Bar and Grill: A Novel:

"In her fourth novel, N.M. Kelby takes a former B-movie actress, a Barry Manilow impersonator, a winged circus entertainer descended from the real Macbeth, a pet vulture, and fried snack cakes, mixes a" ...read more »

April 29

N.M. read and liked Hannah Holborn's review of Whale Season: A Novel:

"Whale Season is a kalidescope of heart-warming craziness. A kind-hearted serial killer offers his new buddy the Hallmark card of death, honey bees swarm a comotose used RV salesman, a boy bonds with a" ...read more »

April 23

N.M. gave

to:
The Book of Salt: A Novel (Paperback)
by Monique Truong

my rating:

N.M. said: "The narrator drove me a little crazy with this one. He was always hearing his father's voice...which was always belittling him...so, it got old after a while. I expected a more lush take on food and a more intimate look into the lives of Gertrude Ste...more "

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April 02

N.M. gave

to:
Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar Mysteries (Paperback))
by Harlan Coben
bookshelves: just-finished

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read in March, 2008

N.M. said: "I read this book on the airplane to the VA Festival of the Book over the weekend. It got me from FL to VA, so it was a quick read.

I liked a great deal...very charming and interesting...but was troubled because the form of the plot was exactly like...more "

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New comment on David's review of An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England

N.M. wrote: "Hey David,

I love working with Algonquin. So wonderful about Adams. Yeah! I did the NEW STORIES O...more "

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March 31

New comment on N.M.'s review of Everything Is Illuminated

N.M. wrote: "That's interesting because I hated it at first, too. Because my first book, IN THE COMPANY OF ANGELS...more "

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March 26

N.M. read and liked Michelle's review of The Monsters of Templeton:

"I confess, the only reason I'm going to read this book is because Stephen King said I should. He didn't say it to me personally of course, though I'd like to think so..." ...read more »

March 20

N.M. joined the Authors Society group.

N.M. gave

to:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Paperback)
by Mark Haddon

my rating:

N.M. said: "I liked this book a good deal. I think the technique is brilliant. The author really gets inside the child's head. Such an amazing feat. What really gets to me is that Mark worked with these children and has a profound understanding of their lives th...more "

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Authors Society — 277 members — last activity 6 hours, 44 min ago
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Sierra Waters first appeared in The Plot to Save Socrates, and she plays a leading role in the sequel (Unburning Alexandria), which I am now writing. ...more

N.M.'s friend comments

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from Liz

19 days ago, 04:36PM

Hey N.M, thank's for adding me,

Smiles,
Liz

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from Heidi

02/17/2008 01:06PM

Hi & thanks for the add! Hope you're having a great weekend!

Heidi
www.HeidiBetts.com
www.HeidiBetts.com/WIPsandChains

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from Catherine

02/13/2008 07:14AM

Hi! Thanks for the add request. :-)
Looking forward to checking out your work; it looks very intriguing.

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from Kelly

02/04/2008 11:24AM

Thanks for the add! Pleasure to meet you!
Kelly Moran
home.wi.rr.com/kellymoran
XXXOOO

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from Rosemary

01/28/2008 12:40PM

It was delightful to meet you at the Girlfriend Weekend. I'm looking forward to sharing Whale Season with my family of readers.

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from Jeremy

01/01/2008 01:52PM

Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats.

-Jeremy :)

P.S.—I’m currently offering autographed/personally-inscribed copies of my novel, Vacation, with free shipping for those in the US. If there’s anything you could do to help me spread the word about this, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to click here for details:
http://hauntedhousedressing.co...

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from N.M.

12/24/2007 11:17AM

Merry everything to Jeremy...and all! Here's looking forward to a new year filled with good reads, good hearts, and good fun!

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from Jeremy

12/24/2007 01:15AM

Thanks for sharing! I've never read "Blindness" but I'm definitely going to check it out.

Here’s wishing you a yippee-filled Yuletime overflowing with yard-long yams, yapping yoyo-yanking yetis, yak-milk yeast-cakes, and yellow yarn-yielding year-end yard-gnomes.

-Jeremy :)

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from N.M.

12/09/2007 03:01AM

I'd have to say "Blindness." It is amazing and really makes you understand why the Nobel was given to Saramago.

I couldn't love it more. The idea of plunging the reader into the world of blindness by not using attributions is a stunning achievement.

Merry Everything to you, too!

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from Jeremy

12/08/2007 06:11PM

Hi N.M.!

If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite novel of all time?

Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous friendships, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools.

-Jeremy :)

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from Daniel

11/22/2007 06:50AM

N. M., just added Whale Season, In the Company of Angels and Theatre of the Stars to my to-read list.

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from Laura

11/17/2007 12:15PM

thanks so much for the add! looking forward to checking out your books. such great titles, all of them! xx, L.

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from N.M.

11/17/2007 08:44AM

Hi Rosemary,

Texas with tiaras...the Girlfriend Weekend sounds like wild fun.

see you soon...
n

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from Rosemary

11/17/2007 08:35AM

Thanks so much for the friend invitation. Congratulations on you book! I look forward to meeting you at the Girlfriend Weekend in Jefferson.

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from N.M.

11/17/2007 08:26AM

Just arrived. Still opening boxes. Yikes, this is a big place.

The new one MURDER AT THE BAD GIRL'S BAR AND GRILL will be published by Shaye Areheart Books/Random House in June. I'll be on tour then...maybe we'll get a chance to say Hey.

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from Debbie

11/17/2007 08:10AM

Nic!

So good to see you here. Give me the name of your new book so I can read it! Is it out yet?

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