Kellie Schorr works as a commissioned novelist who writes mystery genre novels. She's also a featured columnist for The Tattooed Buddha. Besides novels, her writing credentials include journal articles, published short stories, commissioned e-novellas, and a 2 year stint writing for a web-comic.  She is proud to be a member of Sisters in Crime.

Kellie has been practicing meditation for over 20 years and is a Buddhist Yogi in the Nyingma Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.   She is a member of the Vajra Sangha of the Buddhist Studies Institute and a personal student of Dr.  Pema Khandro.  When she's not sitting down to write, or sitting on her cushion, she enjoys comic books, computer games, Pittsburgh sports, tea, and movies . Her favorite word is chiaroscuro.

An introvert to the core, Kellie lives in rural Virginia with Cathy, her partner of 24 years, and their beagles.