Raised in New Orleans, Kelly Jennings now lives in the Boston Mountains, where she writes science fiction when she is not catering to cats. Her short fiction has appeared in many venues, including The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Other Half of The Sky and Retellings of the Inland Seas. Her short story "History of the Invasion Told in Five Dogs" appeared in The Year's Best Science Fiction: 35th Annual Collection (2018). She has published two novels, Broken Slate (2011) and Fault Lines (2018); and she co-edited the anthology Menial: Skilled Labor in SF (2012).