Kelly Walker
Edwards
Stories Matter!!!
Memoirs, poems, prose and short stories honoring three generations.
reviewed Memoir · 2019
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New release
Narrative Nips,
Volume Six
The newest volume of poems, prose and short stories is dedicated to the West Side neighborhood that raised her — the porches, the churches, the corner stores and the people who kept its history vibrant.
The books · Amazon paperback, ebook & audio
The Shelf — eight and counting.
Where to buy
Amazon
Every title is available in paperback and ebook, plus hardcover for the two memoirs and audio for the Narrative Nips® volumes.
Shop all titlesSigned copies
Signed paperbacks are available directly from Kelly, and at every reading and community event.
Request a signed copyBook clubs
Reading one of the books with a group? Kelly joins book clubs and reading groups virtually.
Ask about a visitAbout the author
A daughter of the West Side, writing it all down.
“Born on a Virginia farm in 1911.”
Hazel Walker — grandmother, family matriarch, Harlem resident during the Renaissance — settled in Asbury Park after a summer job at the shore. Her life is the seed of the whole shelf.
Kelly Walker Edwards is a native of Asbury Park, New Jersey and a graduate of Asbury Park High School. After a career in corporate communications and technology education, she began publishing in 2019 with Now Is the Acceptable Time, a five-star-reviewed memoir honoring her grandmother.
Eight books later, she writes and publishes under her trademark Narrative Nips® — short stories, poems and prose you can take in one sitting, carrying three generations of family memory, reflective experiences, and stories shared.
Her newest volume is dedicated to the West Side neighborhood that nurtured her.
In the community
Readings, signings & stories that matter.
Featured author, National African American Read-In — three years running, 2024 to 2026.
Local author readings at the Asbury Park Public Library, including Black History Month and National Poetry Month.
Featured author, S.T.A.R.S. Book Club 25th Anniversary Celebration, Pennsylvania.
Guest speaker and book-club selection at schools, churches and reading circles across New Jersey.
Reader responses
What people say after reading.
Everyone, Narrative Nips® volume 6 is a must read. Great poems & short stories that will have you remembering things from your childhood, right up to present day!! Thank You Kelly for sharing your incredible gift of writing with us.
Stories Matter.💚💙
Blue Bishops 4 Life💙🖤
I picked up Volume Six and just kept reading — it’s that captivating. What stayed with me is that stories can lift a weight off you. They’re therapeutic.
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