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Kelly Jensen

Editor
Book Riot

Kelly Jensen is an Editor at Book Riot (bookriot.com), where she has been writing about book censorship for nearly a decade. She was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker for 2024, as well as named a Person of the Year from Publishers Weekly and a Chicagoan of the Year from the Chicago Tribune in 2022 for her anti-censorship work. Before Book Riot, she worked in several public libraries in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. She is also the author and editor of three critically acclaimed and award-winning anthologies for young adults, including (Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health. She lives in Chicagoland.

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