Kelsay, Michael 1957-

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KELSAY, Michael 1957-

PERSONAL:

Born December 18, 1957, in Huntington, WV; son of Don and Karen (Harvey) Kelsay; married Mary Fullington, November 1, 1996. Education: University of Kentucky, B.A., 1990; McNeese State University, M.A. and M.F.A., both 1993.

ADDRESSES:

Home—P.O. Box 423, Lexington, KY 40588-0423. Agent—Witherspoon Associates, 235 East 31st St., New York, NY 10016. E-mail—m.kelsy@insightbb.com.

CAREER:

Writer.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Emily Clark Balch Award, Virginia Quarterly Review, 1993, for a short story, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"; Al Smith fellowship, Kentucky Arts Council, 1995.

WRITINGS:

Too Close to Call (novel), University Press of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 2001.

Basketball in Kentucky: Great Balls of Fire (documentary miniseries), broadcast by Kentucky Educational Television, 2002.

Contributor to periodicals, including Virginia Quarterly Review.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

A novel.

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