About
Collin Kelley is the author of the novel, Conquering Venus (2009, Vanilla Heart Publishing), and three poetry collections, After the Poison, Slow To Burn and Better To Travel. His spoken word album, HalfLife Crisis, is available at CD Baby and iTunes. Kelley, a Georgia Author of the Year Award-winner and Pushcart Prize nominee, is also co-editor of the Java Monkey Speaks Poetry Anthology series from Poetry Atlanta Press.
Reviews
<span style="font-family:Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;color:#222222;"></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">A stunning debut novel. - OutSmart Magazine</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Unflinching and mysterious, </span></span><em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Conquering Venus</span></span></em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> is that rare combination of poetic and page-turner. – Kate Evans, author of </span></span><em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">For the May Queen</span></span></em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span></span><p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">From Memphis to London and to Paris, Collin Kelley takes you on a sometimes frolicsome, sometimes tragic tour of the heart in this engaging first novel. - Gary Zebrun, author of </span></span><em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Only the Lonely</span></span></em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span></span><p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Conquering Venus – poetic, personal and proud – goes off like a starter's gun to announce a fine new writer of fiction. - Charles McNair, author of </span></span><em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Land O' Goshen</span></span></em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> and </span></span><em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Paste Magazine </span></span></em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Book Editor</span></span></div>