Kelli Christiansen, MLA

Kelli Christiansen has spent more than two decades in publishing, as a bookseller, an editor, a literary agent, and a writer. She began her career as a bookseller before becoming a journalist and then serving as an acquisitions editor with Publications International, Ltd./Consumer Guide, as a senior editor at McGraw-Hill, and as an executive editor with ABA Publishing. In 2007, Kelli launched bibliobibuli, working with a variety of authors and publishers to help make publishing dreams come true. 

Over the years, Kelli has acquired, developed, edited, or ghosted hundreds of books, some of which have recognition from such publications as Barron’s, Booklist, BusinessWeek, Library Journal, The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and The Wall Street Journal. A writer herself, Kelli’s work has appeared in such media as Book Business Magazine; Carol Stream Press; Chicago Book Review; Chicago Life; Chicago Literati; Collections & Credit Risk Magazine; Faith, Hope & Fiction; Midwest Book Review; Midwestern Gothic; and San Francisco Book Review. She earned a master's of liberal arts (MLA) from University of Chicago.