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Kelly Watt is a poet, novelist and non-fiction writer. Her new book of poetry and flash prose--The Weeping Degree: How Astrology Saved me From Suicide was an International Amazon Best Seller in August 2024. In Feb 2025, it became a FINALIST in the 2024 WISHING SHELF INDEPENDENT BOOK AWARDS. Watt's short fiction and nonfiction have won awards and been published internationally. She is also the author of the gothic novel, Mad Dog (2019/2001) and the mini travel book, Camino Meditations (2014).
Kelly Watt has taken the darkest, most horrifying moments of her young life and made them into a groundbreaking work of beautiful words.
--Ruth Edgett, reviewer, blogger, author
What do dead girls need in the afterlife? They need the poems of Kelly Watt...
--Paul Lisson, editor of HA&L Magazine
Advanced praise for
The Weeping Degree
Contact Me
Kelly Watt is available for speaking engagements, and book clubs. To request an appearance or book her for a conference, please contact her agent, Olga Filina at olga@fiveotterliterary.com.