Rozie Kelly is a prose writer based in West Yorkshire. After reading English Literature and Creative Writing at Warwick University and the University of Manchester, she moved to Hebden Bridge, where she works for the Arvon Foundation, hosting creative writing courses.

Rozie was the recipient of the 2024 Northbound Book Award, produced by New Writing North, The University of York and Saraband, and her debut novel Kingfisher will be published by Saraband in April 2025. Her current work-in-progress, Salt Tooth, was shortlisted for the PFD Queer Fiction Prize 2023. She was one of the eight participants in the inaugural 2024 Prototype Development Programme, a new scheme offering extended support and career development to eight emerging writers and artists in partnership between Prototype Publishing and New Writing North.

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‘A strikingly original voice.’ – Maya Caspari, Judge of the NorthBound Book Award  

‘An unmissable debut, a beautifully crafted story of relationship dynamics and how we reconstruct and find ourselves within them. Kelly writes about love, grief and longing in a beautifully lyrical prose that's both devastating and darkly funny. I can't wait to see what she does next.’ – Ania Card, author of Above Us the Sea 

‘Kelly observes relationships and their intricate power dynamics with precision and grace. This sublime novel is skilful in the extreme, balancing brutality and care with the deftest touch.’ – The Bookseller, ‘Ten Titles Not To Miss In April’