Kellie Elmore is an author and blogger at kellieelmore.com.Kellie's debut collection of poetry and prose, Magic in the Backyard was nominated for the (2013) esteemed Pushcart Prize in Literature, selected by Winter Goose Publishing Editor-in-Chief James Logan. Jagged Little Pieces, Elmore's second collection released in March 2013. Candy from Strangers, her third collection, is a collection of prose stories/mini fiction. Released December 2013Kellie will release her first novel, Withering, in 2014.Elmore's work has been featured in various press and publications in print and online including the Voice Your Verse project, a collected anthology titled "If the World Were Your Classroom" by shesthefirst.org, a cause which helps to fund girls education.