Kelsey McKinney

About the Author

Kelsey McKinney is a reporter and writer who lives in Philadelphia. She is the co-creator of Normal Gossip, as well as a co owner and features writer at Defector.com. She has worked as a staff writer at Deadspin, Fusion, and Vox, and her reporting and essays have appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, GQ, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair and many others. Her first novel, God Spare the Girls, was published in the summer of 2021 by William Morrow.

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Events

February 2025

  • The Town Hall w/Strand Bookstore

    123 West 43rd St, New York, NY 10036

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  • Wilbur Theater w/Brookline Booksmith

    246 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116

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  • Politics and Prose @ Lincoln Theater

    1215 U ST NW, Washington DC 20009

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  • Seattle Arts and Lectures @ Town Hall

    1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101

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  • Vroman’s @ Wilshire Ebell

    Join us for a hilarious and gossipy evening with Kelsey McKinney discussing and reading her newest book!

    4401 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90005

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  • Texas Theater w/The Wild Detectives

    231 Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX 75208

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  • Fillmore w/First Person Arts

    Presale starts at 10AM local time. Presale code: STORY (not case sensitive)

    29 E Allen St, Philadelphia, PA 19123

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March 2025

  • Chicago Humanities Festival

    2936 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657

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  • Toronto Public Library

    789 Yonge St, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4W 2G8, Canada

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