KELLIE MCCOURT

After bailing out of a law degree at UWA, Kellie studied Journalism and Creative Writing at Curtin. She also majored in socialising and fun but received no academic credit for this.
After graduation Kellie roamed around Europe with a backpack for a year or so. She returned to Perth to become a well-known print and TV journalist. Kellie moved east for a national show, before taking a hiatus to have kids. Heading back to work Kellie landed a role as the live to air anchor and interviewer for the Age Care Channel. She eventually became the head scriptwriter for the Health TV Network. Her kids really liked the big TV’s in the studios. Kellie was very fond of the free pastries.
After some health issues a few years ago, Kellie pressed pause on full time TV work. Her frustration about the way women were often portrayed in murder mystery books (as victims of sexual violence), the lack of laugher and the sparsity of diverse, kick-ass, female characters in said genre, caused her to complain incessantly to her friends. This caused one of them to say: ‘You’re a writer! Write a book your way!’ So, she did. Several. 
In 2022 Kellie won a coveted place at the Gold Coast Film Festival, QWC Adaptable and completed Writing a TV Series at AFTRS. In 2023 she's writing two new books and adapting Heiress for TV. Her books are repped for FTV by Bold Type. Kellie's characters currently have more fun than she does. She hopes to change that.