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Kelly Milner Halls

Kelly Milner Halls

Kelly Milner Halls is weird and proud of it. From dinosaur skin to exotic rainforest dogs to albino lobsters to the Altamaha-ha river monster to kid mummy mysteries, she specializes in well-researched but quirky nonfiction for young readers 9 and up.

Heavily influenced by 10 years as a children's magazine and newspaper writer (Highlights, Boy's Life, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's “News for Kids” and dozens of other publications), her work is aimed at reluctant readers – and anyone else who wants to read and learn for fun.

Milner Halls' books include Dinosaur Mummies (Darby Creek, 2003), Albino Animals (Darby Creek, 2004), Wild Dogs: Past and Present (Darby Creek, 2005), the Random House Dinosaur Travel Guide (2006), and her latest, Tales of the Cryptids, written with Atlanta illustrator Rick Spears (Darby Creek, 2006). Kid Mummy Mysteries will be her next release, also for Darby Creek in the spring of 2007.

When she's not writing, Milner Hall is working for controversial (frequently banned) young adult novelist Chris Crutcher to streamline his hectic schedule and help him battle the censors. She makes her home in Spokane, Washington, with two daughters, three dogs, too many cats and a five-foot rock iguana with a room of his own.