Kelly Kazek

Kelly Kazek is an award-winning journalist and humor columnist. She writes stories about odd roadside attractions and quirky history for AL.com, Alabama’s largest media presence. She also writes about the south for It’s a Southern Thing and her blog, KellyKazek.com.

She is the author of 19 books, including The Southern Thesaurus, several picture books for It's a Southern Thing, collections of regional history, and the humor collections “Not Quite Right: Mostly True Tales of a Weird News Reporter” and “Fairly Odd Mother: Musings of a Slightly Off Southern Mom.” In her 30-plus-year career in journalism, she has won more than 150 state and national press awards, including two Alabama Associated Press Sweepstakes Awards for best story of the year, and national honors for Best Humorous Commentary and Feature Writer of the Year. In 2022, she won first place for humorous commentary from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

She lives near Huntsville, Alabama, with her husband, Sweetums.