From novels to film, M.L. Kelloch has lived her life by a singular truth:
Stories make our world a better place.
Storyteller
Meet the
Storyteller
Meet the
From novels to film, M.L. Kelloch has
lived her life by a singular truth:
Stories make our world a better place.
M.L. has signed with Kristina Sutton Lennon of Focused Artists for literary representation.
Since its premiere, Sherwood Forest has been picked up for national distribution and nominated for a regional Emmy. This WWII-era project was directed by Greg Mellot.
M.L.’s latest film project, Emascipation, won a Southeast Student Emmy.
New & Upcoming
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New & Upcoming
SHORT STORIES
SHORT STORIES
Pearl
Published in Literally Stories
Average Jane
Published in Breath and Shadow
Go Gentle
Published in Discretionary Love
Praise for Pearl
“You don’t need to know the book to enjoy this, but it does add an extra dimension. Extremely well done continuation of the excellent character who, as a child, asked her father if he’d stand on the scaffold with her during the day.”
“This is a story of a woman’s shame and her inability to part ways with it. Was the escape more for the child than herself? Sometimes, the guilt is much greater than the crime and it weighs heavily for an entire lifetime. The letter and the woman become one. Beautiful story.”
“Excellent job of building on the classic character’s past while imagining and creating a believable future.”
M.L. Kelloch is an American author, screenwriter, and actress. From the page to the stage, her first and greatest love is the art of storytelling.
M.L. is the author of Assimilation, a YA speculative fiction novel that explores a future where American democracy has crumbled. She also serves as an editor for the book review company Sneak Peek Books and is the founder and owner of Lynn’s Author Studio.
Q&A with M.L. Kelloch
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Q&A with M.L. Kelloch ~
Q&A with M.L. Kelloch
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Q&A with M.L. Kelloch ~
Q&A With M.L.
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No one knows. My first official foray into both was when I was six years old.
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In first grade, I wrote a story about a family whose dog got stuck on a ship. The entire family—two parents, two kids, and a pet cat—mounted a rescue mission. They saved the dog and returned to shore, only to discover they’d left the cat behind, setting it up nicely for a sequel.
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I had the habit of turning homework into short stories whenever I could. Some teachers appreciated the creativity. Others…not so much. It got me into college though, and what lab report isn’t made better by a kindly wizard?
I also went through a phase where I named my characters after my classmates, which they found especially hilarious when those characters died dramatic deaths. I killed off my best friend so many times that she made me promise to write a character with her name who did not die.
I am yet to fulfill that promise.
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Worst question ever. Ugh my favorite all-time books would have to be The Host by Stephenie Meyer, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
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Harry Potter, Protector of the Small, and Wheel of Time.
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Tamora Pierce, Orson Scott Card, George Orwell, Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, H. G. Wells, Robert Jordan, J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Gertrude Chandler Warner.
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When I was five or six, I was in a church play where I had the distinction of having a single line…which I remember to this day. Ready for it?
“And then you’re adopted.”
What was the context of this line, you ask? What was the play about? Such facts have been lost to time.
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I met Brad Pitt while I was an extra in the movie Moneyball. And yes, he lives up to the hype.
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In no particular order: Inception, Interstellar, Black Swan, Red Sparrow, Phantom of the Opera, Elvis and Titanic.
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Anything gritty and understated like Winter’s Bone or a descent-into-madness film such as Black Swan.
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Florence Pugh, Adam Butler, and Jessica Chastain.
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My favorite plays tend to be any play I’ve been in, since it’s impossible not to love a world I’ve lived in for so long. These include Agnes of God, The Crackwalker, and Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Plays I adore and have not yet have the opportunity to perform would be Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth.
Still Curious?
Unlike many authors, I don’t create a playlist for each novel. Instead, I prefer to organize playlists by emotion. My favorite to break through writer’s block is “Intensity” — it never fails to lock my focus in.
Setting the Mood
Unlike many authors, I don’t create a playlist for each novel. Instead, I prefer to organize playlists by emotion. My favorite to break through writer’s block is “Intensity” — it never fails to lock my focus in.
Representation
Representation
Kristina Sutton Lennon
Literary Representation by
Focused Artists
kristina@focusedartists.com
Tay Smith, Chris Young
Acting Representation by
Smith Young Talent
tay@sytalentagency.com
Storyman Writing Retreat
Storyman Writing Retreat
Hosted by international bestselling author Neal Shusterman, with Nic Stone (NYTimes bestselling author of Dear Martin) and Candace Fleming (2026 Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner) as guest mentors.