Kelly Starling Lyons

Kelly Starling Lyons is an American writer and children's book author whose titles include Ellen's Broom, Going Down Home with Daddy, and Tea Cakes for Tosh. Lyons is also one of the founding members of The Brown Bookshelf, the blog that raises awareness of Black children's book creators and features author and illustrator spotlights. Lyons's fiction for young readers is largely contemporary, with coming-of-age stories among them.