Meet MSI Press Author Kelly James

 


In June, Kelly James published her first book with MSI Press, The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired, and immediately it shot up to #3 on the Amazon's hot new releases list for business humor, where it stayed for most of the past month.

Kelly K. James (formerly Kelly James-Enger) “escaped from the law” more than 25 years ago. Since then, the former attorney has been writing for a living — first as a full-time freelance journalist and novelist, segueing into full-time ghostwriting and content writing a few years later. Since then, she’s written for more than 60 national publications, including Huffington Post, Fitness, Next Avenue, Woman’s Day, Chicago Health, Runner’s World, and many others.

As a ghostwriter, she has penned more than 30 books for clients; she is also the author of popular writing-related books including:

 

In January, 2018, she left her ghostwriting career to go “in-house” as a content writer for a small digital marketing company. That transition inspired her first memoir, The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired: How I (Barely) Survived a Year in Corporate America. Kelly is now the content writer at a mediation and arbitration firm based in Atlanta and continues to freelance on the side, covering health, wellness, fitness, career, psychology, and relationship topics.

 

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Kelly has spoken at dozens of events throughout the Chicago area and nationally; she works, writes, and plays competitive 8-ball from her home in Downers Grove, a western suburb of Chicago. She’s the mom to a son who is a college sophomore, and a daughter who is a high school freshman as well as two “fur babies,” a black Lab mix and a very spoiled, fat cat.

 

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