Kelli Stuart

Kelli Stuart is an award-winning American author, actress, and producer. Kelli began her career as a novelist. Her first book, Like a River From Its Course, was set in World War II Soviet Ukraine and was based on the true stories of over 100 Ukrainian men and women that she interviewed over the course of several years of research. It went on to win multiple awards for Best Historical fiction in 2017. Her subsequent novels all released to rave reviews and garnered more awards. In 2021, Kelli parlayed her love for storytelling to the big screen when she was cast in the supporting role of Kate Robinson in her first feature-length film, The Author. In 2023, Kelli teamed up with writer/director Ritchey Cable of Portal Pictures to executive produce Parable, an upcoming drama in which she also stars in a supporting role. Kelli is the mother of five children ranging in age from 20-8 and lives with her family in Tampa, Florida.