Kelly Ramsey

Kelly Ramsey was born in Frankfort, Kentucky. She studied poetry at the University of Virginia and fiction writing at the University of Pittsburgh. She cofounded The Lighthouse Works, an artists’ residency program, and later moved to Northern California, where she worked for the U.S. Forest Service as a trail maintenance worker, wilderness ranger, and wildland firefighter. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Sierra Magazine, Electric Literature, and the anthology Letter to a Stranger. She lives in Redding, California, with her partner, their daughter, and a dog named Rookie.