Kellyn Roth is a historical women’s fiction & romance author from the Pacific Northwest who lives with her husband Matthew, border collie Stanley, and cat Keira Knightley, in a cabin amongst the evergreens. Her first published work was The Dressmaker’s Secret, which launched in January 2016. Since then, she’s launched her Victorian family saga, The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy, and a women’s fiction trilogy, Kees & Colliers, along with various other novels.

Kell grew up on a small ranch in Oregon. Raised with the constant supervision of her parents, three older siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents, she was always safe … and entertained. She came to love working with their cattle, chickens, cats, and border collies. Kell was homeschooled, which gave her plenty of time for playing, with her two younger brothers and cousin, extracurricular learning, and of course, writing. She started composing poems, songs, and stories from about the time she could talk. Her first written story was called Kicky the Dolphin, written at age seven.

Kell was raised on old movies—and old books—and old songs—so writing historical fiction came quite naturally. At twelve, she began sending an Edwardian women’s fiction/mystery novel to her friends chapter by chapter. This serial format project kept her writing and inspired. A spin-off of this project took on a new life and became The Dressmaker’s Secret, the first novel in The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy.

In 2017, Kell joined the Young Writers Workshop, and in 2019, she joined the Author Conservatory, which she graduated from in 2024. During this period, she coached writing through the Young Writers Lessons, Growing Writers, and privately. She briefly ran an indie author service providing service, Reveries Co. in addition to providing those services privately. Kell also worked for The Wilting Rose Project, as a virtual assistant for several authors, and as a group-leader on the Young Writers Program version of NaNoWriMo. Kell spoke at the Student-Led YWW Conference in 2021 and 2022 and helped organize the 2023 Student-Led YWW Conference, and now helps organize the Author Conservatory conferences. She now is employed full-time by the Author Conservatory as their anthology manager and 

In her personal life, Kell has always worked in childcare and currently works as a “individual support provider” (teacher, caretaker, best friend) for a sweet little boy with Down Syndrome. When not building her author career, she is likely getting lost somewhere in the Pacific Northwest with her friends, watching period dramas and facetious comedies, or spending time with her husband.