Kelly Dwyer

Kelly Dwyer is an award-winning author of three novels, most recently Ghost Mother, published by Union Square & Co. of Hachette Books in 2024, which is now in development as a full-length film. A native Californian, Kelly was educated at Oberlin College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop and now divides her time between Wisconsin and Los Angeles. After teaching at the University of Iowa and the University of Wisconsin for many years, Kelly now teaches private online classes, leads and co-leads retreats, and enjoys doing developmental editing for writers at all stages of their careers. She loves to help her students and clients achieve their goals and experience success. Kelly has visited Greece five times, always finding a wealth of beauty, meaning, and inspiration there, and she is excited to return to one of the most beautiful and inspiring places in the world—Santorini—with a group of people as passionate about writing as she is.