Iain Kelly lives in East Kilbride, near Glasgow in Scotland. In his day job, he works as an editor of television programmes. After 17 years with the BBC, he joined Savalas Post and now works as a freelance editor. Some of his recent work includes quiz shows such as HOUSE OF GAMES, THE WEAKEST LINK, BRIDGE OF LIES, THE ANSWER RUN and THE INNER CIRCLE; children’s programmes OPERATION OUCH!, PLAYTIME TOWERS, BROS IN CONTROL; and sports and documentaries SPORTSCENE, ICONS OF FOOTBALL. When not working, he reads and writes stories.

His first novel, A Justified State, was published in late 2018, and the follow-up, State Of Denial, was released in 2019. The conclusion to ‘The State’ trilogy, ‘State Of War’, was released in May 2020. ‘The State Trilogy’ books are available in paperback and eBooks from Amazon.

In 2022, ‘The Barra Boy’, a coming-of-age story set in the Western Isles in 1982, was published by The Book Guild Ltd.

Since then, he has partnered with The Book Guild on further novels. In 2024, he published the historical thriller set in 1920 Edinburgh, ‘All We Cannot Leave Behind.’ That was followed by ‘Full Sun’ and ‘Hostile City’, crime thrillers set in present day Glasgow and featuring the central character of Cal Jackson.

All these novels are available from all good booksellers including Waterstones, Amazon, Bookshop.org and a number of independent bookshops, in both paperback and ebook format.

A collection of early short pieces, Collected Sketches, was published in late 2016 and is available on Amazon.

To contact Iain for any appearance, event or media enquiries:
email: iainthekid@hotmail.com
or
telephone: 07885519979

Alternatively he can be booked through the Scottish Book Trust’s Live Literature Directory:
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/iain-kelly