Erin Entrada Kelly

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-01

Erin Entrada Kelly was born on September 5, 1977, in Hays, Kansas, and raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Her mother immigrated to the United States from the Philippines. She earned a BA from McNeese State University and an MFA from Rosemont College, and she began her career as a journalist for the American Press and later worked as an editor for Thrive Magazine. Her debut novel, Blackbird Fly, appeared in 2015. She has taught in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Hamline University and was on the founding faculty of the University of San Francisco's Writing for Young Readers MFA program. She lives near Philadelphia, in New Castle County, Delaware.

Universe(s)

Books

• Lalani of the Distant Sea (2019) · Lalani of the Distant Sea Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 1 book
• Award recognitions across all universes: 1 (1 finalist mention)

← All authors