Kelly J. Baptist grew up in southwest Michigan, and after living in Alabama, Florida, and Minnesota, she is right back in her home state! The Electric Slide and Kai is her first picture book, but she followed it up with another musical tale, The Band In Our Basement. Kelly is the author of five middle grade novels, including the award-winning Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero and the NAACP Image Award nominated Eb & Flow. She’s a huge Kobe Bryant fan and constantly applies his Mamba Mentality to the craft of writing. Kelly is an HBCU grad (Oakwood University) and a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. You can visit her on Instagram @kellyiswrite and online at kellyiswrite.com.
Kelly J. Baptist
