Kelly Brodie-Brown is a picture book author who grew up in the UK and moved to Melbourne after meeting her Australian wife. They now live in the western suburbs with their four-year-old daughter and malodorous dog.
She has always enjoyed writing in rhyme and has a long history of making up novelty songs for people’s birthdays, usually unsolicited.
Prior to moving to Australia, Kelly worked in marketing and PR for a London-based film studio writing press releases and promotional material. She also completed a course in screenwriting at the London College of Communication, with a focus on writing for TV.
Kelly particularly enjoys stories that manage to impart an optimistic message about diversity, pride and acceptance and hopes to reflect this in her own writing.
Kelly’s glorious debut picture book, The Style Secrets of Gareth McGreen, will be published in 2025 by Scholastic Australia, and she has two more books scheduled for release with Scholastic in 2026.