Kelly Steed
 Marion, Ohio, United States Email: thesteedzone@frontier.com
Home page: http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/ArienRam/
Kelly was born in Detroit, MI. She is a 1989 graduate of Northern Michigan University and holds a BS in US History. Her 1984 Maggie Mae House jacket from Halverson Hall and photo are part of the Beaumier Heritage Centers permanent collection at Northern Michigan University. In 2004, she relocated to Marion, Ohio, her husband Richards hometown.
Kelly grew-up involved in Civil War and Revolutionary War Reenacting. There is a photo of her with her parents in Civil War attire on The Detroit News website that was printed in the paper in the 1970s. http://info.detnews.com/rvmgallery/index.cfm?start=4&project=rvm_ftwayne
Kelly Steed writes Adult Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror) and Historical Fiction. She also writes nonfiction ghost stories. She writes Young Adult Speculative Fiction as Kelly R. Roberts.
She is a Lifetime Member of the V.F.W. Aux. and a member of the Military Order of the Cooties. Her biography was published in several Marquis Who�s Who volumes including Who�s Who In America Millennium Edition. In 2007 along with romance author Judi Thoman, She co-founded the Marion County Fiction Writers(OH) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marioncountyfictionwriters and is a member of the Mid-Ohio Writers Association.
Kelly is the founder, lead investigator, webmistress and researcher for O.B.I.T. Ohio Battlefield Investigative Team ghost hunters who specialize in military hauntings. http://www.myspace.com/obitghosthunters Kelly has written extensively about her paranormal experiences and has been published in FATE Magazine and two Haunted Encounters anthologies published by Atriad Press.
Kelly Steed is the Editor/Publisher of the Kelly Steed, Speculative Fiction Author Newsletter: http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewnewsletter.asp?AuthorID=2917
Kelly Steed Speculative Fiction Author�s Blog:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=134842087
Her homepage The Steed Zone, contains an extensive Writer Advice page and a Writing Resources page that she continualy updates. http://www.thesteedzone.com/
Other Pages:
Kelly Steed, Young Adult Fiction Author:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=159846372
Kelly Steed, Speculative Fiction Author:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=134842087
O.B.I.T. Ohio Battlefield Investigative Team http://www.myspace.com/obitghosthunters
FICTION AWARDS:
February 2001, Honorable Mention in the Rotten Romance Contest sponsored by Hutton Publications.
(As of 2006, Stasis is out-of-print. It will be revised and submitted to a new publisher.)
NONFICTION PUBLISHING CREDITS INCLUDE:
Whose Been Walking On My Bed? about her husband going on another astral walkabout from his body and freaking her out, FATE Magazine, August 2001. http://www.fatemag.com
Bedside Vigil for the Saved, about the after death visit of Kellys grandmother on a night Kelly nearly lost her own life, FATE Magazine, January/February 2002. http://www.fatemag.com
He Did it to Me Again!, a follow-up to her story Whos Been Walking on My Bed? (FATE Magazine Aug. 2001), FATE Magazine April 2003. http://www.fatemag.com
Near-Death Flyby, about seeing a neighbor passing over after shed perished in a fire in their apartment building, FATE Magazine, July 2003. http://www.fatemag.com
Comforting Mommy, about the after death visitation of her guinea pig Wallace, FATE Magazine, July 2005. http://www.fatemag.com
NONFICTION AWARDS:
May/June 2001 Creative Journal Contest Finalist, Writing Is
Kellys biography was chosen for publication in Marquis Whos Who of American Women 2005-2006 25th Silver Anniversary Edition.
Interests: Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Teen Romance, Historical Fiction
Non-Fiction: Ghost Stories
Personal: Historical Reenacting and Period Clothing Construction, Sci-Fi Cons, Travel, Hiking and Caving
Published writer: Yes
Freelance: No |
