Meet Lee
Lee Kelly is the author of City of Savages, a Publishers Weekly “Best of Spring 2015” pick and a VOYA Magazine “Perfect Ten” selection, A Criminal Magic, which was optioned and developed for a television series by Warner Bros., With Regrets. With Jennifer Thorne, she has co-authoredThe Antiquity Affair, The Starlets,My Fair Frauds (December 2025), and The Midnight Show (April 2026).
Her short fiction and essays have appeared in Gingerbread House, Orca, and Tor.com, among other publications, and she holds her MFA degree from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. An entertainment lawyer by trade, Lee has practiced law in Los Angeles and New York. She currently lives with her husband and two children in New Jersey, where you’ll find them engaged in one adventure or another.
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“Saturday Night Live fans will devour this account of a similar show’s cast drama that spirals into tragedy. Sharp, witty, and totally fresh.”—People
“In the vein of Daisy Jones & the Six and The Favorites before it, The Midnight Show is told via interviews, articles, and transcripts, a format that never fails to fully immerse us in a very specific moment in time.”—Marie Claire
“Dark, dazzling, and impossible to put down, The Midnight Show plunges us into 1980s New York with all its glitter, gossip, grime, and glory and a mystery that refuses to stay buried—an absolute knockout.”
—Chandler Baker, screenwriter and New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network and The Husbands
“Book clubs, behold your next great read. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll immediately want to talk about it with everyone you know. At times comedic, at times tragic, but always unflinchingly human. A spellbinding, wildly imaginative book.”
—Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, USA Today bestselling author of Till Death Do Us Part and The Girls Are All So Nice Here
“Told through interviews, emails, articles . . . both an engrossing mystery and a convincing depiction of the challenges faced by women in show business in the 1980s. Fans of Daisy Jones & the Six should take a look.” —Publishers Weekly
Selected Writing by Lee Kelly
Short Stories
“Second Star,” Gingerbread House Lit Mag
“Rare Creatures,” Orca Literary Journal
Articles and Essays
“Five Books with Unforgettable Sisters,” Tor
“4 Tips for Blending a Multiple-Genre Novel” | Writer’s Digest
“Lee Kelly’s Favourite Fictional Dinners… Gone Wrong” | The Nerd Daily
“Writing a Domestic Survival Thriller” | CrimeReads