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Victoria Kelly

Vice President
Victoria Kelly BW

Victoria leads a team of writers, editors and copywriters to craft compelling and thoughtful storytelling that advances our clients' positions as thought leaders and experts in their industries.

As a published novelist and poet, Victoria brings a unique and creative perspective to her role as senior writer. She is the author of the poetry collection When the Men Go Off to War (Naval Institute Press) and the novel Mrs. Houdini (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster). Her work has been selected for Best American Poetry and published in numerous other national journals and anthologies.

Victoria graduated Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University. She received her M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and her M.Phil. in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin, where she was a U.S. Mitchell Scholar. She has taught creative writing and composition at the University of Iowa and Old Dominion University and has been a writing consultant for think tanks, nonprofits and companies across the D.C. area.

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