chasing starlight,
one page at a time.
hi there!
Kelly Branyik is an American writer based in the Colorado Rockies.
She grew up in Colorado and has lived there for most of her life. Kelly is also a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and served in China from 2014-2016.
Influenced by Kristin Hannah, V.E. Schwab, Sarah J. Maas, and Paulo Coelho, Kelly writes from a genuine and highly detailed perspective. She is the author of her first published work of non-fiction “It Depends: A Guide to Peace Corps.”
Kelly also writes for Elephant Journal in her spare time and pilots a travel blog known as, Travel Branyik.
Upcoming Novels
Shadows in
Dream Stone
When a grief-stricken Abaddon Ordell faces hard time after her grueling miscarriage—a law put in place by the corrupt Supreme Court—she must survive Dream Stone prison’s brutal environment and make friends with enemies in order to leave and carry out the crimes she knows will save women.
“I write about all the lives I could be living.”
books i wrote
Kelly is an emerging author. She has written a help-guide for Peace Corps Volunteers and is working toward traditionally publishing her first novel with a larger publisher.
elephant journal
Elephant Journal is a renowned mindfulness online publication with over 1.8 million followers across all social media platforms.
Kelly started writing for Elephant Journal in October 2020, amassing thousands of reads since.
travel branyik
Travel Branyik is Kelly’s personal travel blog site. Since June 2013, Kelly has been traveling the world and writing about her journeys. Most of what she writes goes back and forth between her two homes in China and the United States.
Here, you can read about her journeys and how to prepare for similar travels abroad and in the US.
