Kelly Ilebode

Kelly Ilebode, a self-published author, currently lives in Massachusetts. Born in Skowhegan, Maine, she is the seventh child out of ten. At the age of five, she was placed in the first of four foster homes. Yet, despite her turbulent childhood, she always believed life would get better. The very morning after she graduated from Carrabec High School, Kelly hopped on a Grey Hound bus and headed to Boston, Massachusetts. She was seventeen. Kelly was able to use her writing as an escape from the real world.

Her first self-published book was a leap of faith on her abilities as a writer. Staying true to who she is, she writes from the heart and has a devoted following to her books.

In Search of Grace (August 2012), her first published work, tells the story of how one woman was faced with not only confronting her past, but accepting it. With the help of friends, she learned that she did not have to face the world alone. In Search of Grace hit number 5 on the free downloads one month after publication and gave Kelly the much needed confidence to keep writing.

April 2015, The Corner Booth, Kelly's first Mafia Romance was published, quickly rising to reach #23 on Amazon's Digital Bestselling list for that genre.