
MEET THIS AUTHOR
Kelly Watts Williams was born at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois, the youngest of six children. She spent her formative years in Southern California, graduating from UCLA with a BA in Linguistics and Computer Science. While pursuing a career in IT as a software developer, project manager, instructor, presenter, and facilitator, Kelly’s love of language influenced her personal pursuits. From starting a singing telegram business with her best friend in high school, to performing in Community Theater musicals, to sharing her poems at Open Mics, Kelly has always enjoyed playing with words, In retirement, she has enthusiastically embraced poetry and found her voice in Spoken Word. Her insightful poetry draws on her empathetic journey of discovery and interpretation of the human experience. Kelly lives with her husband in Chattanooga, TN, and finds joy in spending time with her two children and extended family, playing racket sports, practicing yoga, cooking, traveling the world, illustrating a book of poetry, and volunteering as a docent at the Hunter Museum of American Art.
