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Everything you need to cover Dr. Kelly Graves or feature her at your event — bios, photos, talking points, and contact information.

Bios

Ready-to-use author bios

Long bio~200 words

Dr. Kelly Graves is a licensed clinical psychologist, grief researcher, and author of When the Snow Melts — a debut memoir-in-essays exploring loss, resilience, and the slow work of healing. Drawing on more than fifteen years of clinical practice and her own experience of profound personal loss, Dr. Graves writes with rare emotional precision about what it means to grieve in a culture that rushes toward recovery. Her work has appeared in literary journals and mental health publications, and she speaks regularly at conferences, universities, and healthcare organizations on topics including grief, trauma, and the role of vulnerability in leadership. She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and a master's degree in counseling, and maintains a private practice in Chicago. When the Snow Melts is her first book. It was written, she says, for everyone who has ever been told they should be over it by now.

Short bio~75 words

Dr. Kelly Graves is a clinical psychologist and author of When the Snow Melts, a memoir-in-essays about grief, resilience, and healing. With fifteen years of clinical practice and a private practice in Chicago, she speaks and writes at the intersection of mental health and lived experience. Her debut book is for anyone who has ever been told they should be over it by now.

Interview prep

Suggested interview topics

  • 1Why grief is not a problem to be solved — and what happens when we treat it like one
  • 2The gap between clinical knowledge and lived experience of loss
  • 3Writing as a form of healing: the process behind the memoir
  • 4What mental health professionals get wrong about resilience
  • 5How to support someone who is grieving — and what not to say

Media inquiries

For interview requests, review copies, or press credentials, please reach out directly.

press@whenthesnowmelts.com

Responses within 2 business days.

About the book

Title
When the Snow Melts
Author
Dr. Kelly Graves
Genre
Memoir / Essays
Themes
Grief, resilience, mental health, healing, identity
Ideal for
Readers navigating loss, mental health advocates, book clubs